HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) MAISON DE LA PENSEE. 1950.
30x20 1/2 inches, 76x52 cm. Mourlot, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears in margins, some affecting image; restored pin-holes in corners.
La Maison de la Pensee Francaise, home to exhibitions, conferences and performances, opened in Paris at the end of the Second World War and remained a driving force in French cultural life through the 1960s. Matisse created this image for an exhibition of his own works using his "papiers decoupes" technique which he had only begun working with in the early 1950s. The maquette was transferred onto lithographic stones at Mourlot's printing studio. From an edition of 700. Mourlot 42. rare