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Apollinaire
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Apollinaire
signed with the artist's initials 'HM' (in paper collage; lower right)
paper cut-out, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on a page from Florilège des Amours by Pierre de Ronsard
13 1⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in. (33.4 x 25.7 cm.)
Executed in Nice circa 1951-1952; this work is the maquette cover for the book Apollinaire by André Rouveyre published in Paris in 1952
Apollinaire
signed with the artist's initials 'HM' (in paper collage; lower right)
paper cut-out, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on a page from Florilège des Amours by Pierre de Ronsard
13 1⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in. (33.4 x 25.7 cm.)
Executed in Nice circa 1951-1952; this work is the maquette cover for the book Apollinaire by André Rouveyre published in Paris in 1952
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a gift from the artist in 1952.
The Mourlot Archives, New York, by descent from the above in 1988.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014.
The Mourlot Archives, New York, by descent from the above in 1988.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014.
Literature
J. Cowart, J. D. Flam, D. Fourcade & J. Hallmark Neff, Henri Matisse, Paper Cut-Outs, exh. cat., St. Louis, 1977, no. 189.
C. Duthuit, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, p. 250.
K. Buchberg, N. Cullinan, J. Haupfman & N. Serota, eds., Henri Matisse, The Cut-Outs, exh. cat., London, 2014, no. 103 (illustrated p. 190).
Exh. cat., Apollinaire: le regard du poète, Paris, 2016, p. 10 (illustrated fig. 3).
C. Duthuit, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, p. 250.
K. Buchberg, N. Cullinan, J. Haupfman & N. Serota, eds., Henri Matisse, The Cut-Outs, exh. cat., London, 2014, no. 103 (illustrated p. 190).
Exh. cat., Apollinaire: le regard du poète, Paris, 2016, p. 10 (illustrated fig. 3).
Exhibited
London, Tate Modern, Henri Matisse, The Cut-Outs, April - September 2014, no. 103, pp. 190 & 289 (illustrated p. 190); this exhibition later travelled to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, October 2014 - February 2015.
Paris, Grand Palais, Colour Unbound, Matisse, 1941 - 1954, March - July 2026, no. 105, pp. 130 & 465 (illustrated p. 131).
Paris, Grand Palais, Colour Unbound, Matisse, 1941 - 1954, March - July 2026, no. 105, pp. 130 & 465 (illustrated p. 131).
Further details
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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