Henri Matisse: La Negresse cfl These original prints were uncovered

These original prints were uncovered in the Capitol Records art department at the famous Capitol Tower Hollywood when the record company offices were being renovated in 2006

Medium: Etching

and studio interiors but perhaps his most beloved and recognized subject is the female form

graphic intensity of Picasso’s original ink lines and the subtle

Henri Matisse: La Negresse cfl These original prints were uncoveredHenri Matisse: La Negresse La Revue Verve, Vol. IX, Nos. 35 36 (1958) This lithograph is sourced from the monumental 1958 double issue of La Revue Verve, titled Les Dernires uvres de Matisse (The Last Works of Matisse). The series is considered the definitive posthumous tribute to the artist's final creative period. Each piece was created between 1950 and 1954 at the absolute zenith of Henri Matisse's revolutionary paper "cut out" (gouaches dcoups)