Henri Matisse - Nude with Oranges (1953)

Original lithograph after “Nu aux oranges” (1953)
Signed in the plate lower left “HM” with notarial documents.
Sheet 48 × 34 cm on vellum paper pressed in 1979 by Studio d'Arte Perna, Milan.
Numbered 34 out of 200 copies (XXXIV / CC) with publisher's certificate
Sold without frame

Original lithograph after “Nu aux oranges” (1953), work composed of a large drawing of a nude with a brush in India ink and cut-outs. Among the last works of Henri Matisse. A photograph from the time shows the drawing hanging on the studio wall with the three fruits fixed partly to the sheet and partly to the wall, among other large drawings. In the final version, Matisse arranged the oranges on either side of the figure, counterbalancing its hieratic nature and the verticality of the whole. They create a circular movement that envelops the figure and increases the feeling of space. They also color the light produced by the large black-on-white drawing. Matisse considered it “a very good thing. »

This lithograph is part of a set of works that remained unpublished when Matisse died. These works had been presented in the tribute issue to the artist published by the magazine
VERVE 35/36 in 1956. The Succession Matisse took the initiative to produce a high quality lithograph edition of the most beautiful works of this series.

Extract from the publisher's general catalog dating from 1979:

All copies are numbered and provided with a Certificate of Guarantee with stamp and handwritten signature of the publisher, as well as a legal document from a notary, attesting to the authenticity of the signature, the edition and the numbering. Our editions are unique and irreplaceable: all lithographic stones and associated plates are destroyed at the end of the print run. Our editions are recommended by the National Federation of Gallerists of Italy Rome, of the Free National Confederation of Commerce and Industry. (LP Studio d'Arte Perna Milan since 1958 Collection of Art and Author)