Vintage Henri Matisse Romantic Abstract Modernist Nudes With French Romantic Poetry (17" X 11")

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This double page (17" x 11") double sided lithograph by Henri Matisse (France 1869 - 1954) with poetry by Pierre … Read more This double page (17" x 11") double sided lithograph by Henri Matisse (France 1869 - 1954) with poetry by Pierre de Ronsard depict abstracted modernist nudes and botanical images. These iconic images are printed in bistre (a dark grayish brown pigment) on cream hand made "laid" paper. Printed on one side only. These lithographs are accompanied by Ronsard's french poetry. A great addition for any room.. Only the one double page lithograph is for sale. The title page, etc. may be printed out if buyer wishes to display this information on the back of the image when framed. Display your favorite side or use a double sided frame to display both images when desired.

Medium: lithographs (after Matisse). Printed in sanguine ink on cream laid paper from the Papeteries Casteljoux and published in Geneva by Edito-Service in 1970. after the 1948 Matisse lithographs for Florilege des amours de Ronsard. The full double sheet size is 17 x 11 inches.

Creator: (after) Henri Matisse (French)
Creation Year: 1970
Dimensions: Height: 11 in; Width: 17 in
Medium: Lithograph
Condition: Very good - excellent

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Henri Matisse was not only an innovative genius but also a man of great warmth and humor with an overwhelming generosity of spirit. In 1941, in his early seventies and much of the time confined to his bed, he began one of his most complicated and successful printmaking projects, Florilège des Amours de Ronsard, illustrating the love poems of the 16th century poet Pierre de Ronsard (France 1524 - 1585). The work was to take seven years to complete and in its making Matisse’s sexuality was to find its most intense expression. The imagery created by Ronsard’s poems lent itself well to Matisse’s favored themes of fruits, flowers, portraits and the female form. Most of these motifs were those which Matisse knew by heart and for which he had an abiding fondness.

Pierre de Ronsard (born Sept. 11, 1524, La Possonnière, near Couture, Fr.—died Dec. 27, 1585, Saint-Cosme, near Tours) was a poet, chief among the French Renaissance group of poets known as La Pléiade.. he was known in his generation as a "prince of poets".

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