Nov 02, 2023 - Sale 2651

Sale 2651 - Lot 382

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
HENRI MATISSE (AFTER)
Tristesse du Roi.

Color lithograph, 1952. 750x1020 mm; 29 1/2x40 1/8 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the centerfold edition from Verve. Published by Tériade, Paris. A very good impression of this large lithograph with strong colors.

Tristesse du Roi is based on the same titled collage using cut out paper shapes by Matisse (1869-1964) now in the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. For the collage Matisse used paper shapes that he had colored with gouache and then all elements were applied to a canvas. The work is considered to be Matisse's final self-portrait.