1924
Whether working as a draftsman, a sculptor, a printmaker or a painter, Henri Matisse was a master of color. Although classically trained at the Académie Julian, in Paris, he quickly abandoned traditional techniques and genres to pioneer a style all his own, marked by quick, gestural strokes and fluid contours.
Along with fellow painter André Derain, Matisse was the leading proponent of Fauvism, a movement whose name is derived from the French word for "wild beast.” Marked by vibrant hues, Fauvist paintings like Matisse’s famous 1906 composition Le Bonheur de vivre use wild, active brushstrokes and a palette unconstrained by nature, resulting in women with purple skin and trees with orange leaves. Often, these compositions unite pure color with the white of exposed canvas to create a sense of transparency and light.
In addition to masterful landscapes and still lifes, Matisse loved to paint erotic subjects, particularly the female nude. Rejecting strict realism, he distilled the form into its essential parts and then translated these into voluptuous, rounded contours. With its striking colors and sculptural modeling of the figure, Odalisque couchée aux magnolias is among Matisse’s most famous works — and the most expensive work of his ever sold — depicting Henriette Darricarrère, his muse and favorite model for around seven years, lounging luxuriously in his Nice studio. In pictures like the lithograph Nu Bleu, he explored the expressive power of a body in motion by placing his figures in twisted or contorted poses, transforming their limbs into tangles of color and shape that push figure painting toward abstraction.
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Homme Barbu Couronné de Vigne, 1962 - Signed Pablo Picasso Linocut Print, Framed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Linoleum cut printed in colors, signed in pencil and numbered on Arches wove paper, printed by Arnéra, Vallauris, France, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Image Size: 13.7...
Linocut
Bonjour Sur Paris, 1952 - Mixed Media Hand-Signed & Annotated by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Media work on Paper, hand colored by the artist on a lithographic touch plate. Signed and annotated “bon à tirer” impression on Arches paper, heavily annotated by Chagall. Pap...
Lithograph
Le Bouquet Rose (The Rose Bouquet), 1980 - Hand-Signed Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Lithograph on Arches wove paper, pencil hand-signed and numbered 32/50, with gold leaf frame. Paper Size: 45.7" x 29.7" Framed Size: 54" x 39" Catalogue raisonné: M.979 Th...
Lithograph
Tattooed Woman with Rose, 1950s Pop Art Lithograph on Paper
By Andy Warhol
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tattooed Woman Holding Rose MEDIUM: Fine Art Lithograph on Paper IMAGE SIZE: 11" x 29" EDITION SIZE: Unknown ARTIST: Andy Warhol DESCRIPTION: Tattoo Ladies served as Andy Warhol's calling card in 1955. He used this piece as his business card and he would fold it up and drop it off at advertising agencies that he was interested in working with. The woman's pin-up silhouette is filled with logos of companies he hoped to work for. In the center, we see the artist's old-fashioned NYC phone number and subsequent references to the Murray Hill neighborhood he lived in at the time. Not many Pop Art pieces are more iconic than this! This offset lithograph is printed with orange ink on green onion skin paper with horizontal folds. It measures 11 x 29 and is embossed in the lower left-hand corner with the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Inc. stamp and the Estate of Andy Warhol ink...
Paper, Lithograph
Pinocchio Original Colored Production Drawing Framed: Monstro
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
As implied by his name, Monstro is a malicious, massive whale with a fearsome reputation among sailors and sea creatures alike, and he isn't like the conventional whale, which is a gentle animal though there are exceptions. He will eat anything foolish enough to wander into his territory and does not seem to care what he consumes, whether it would be fish or humans like Geppetto. He is even said to have swallowed ships whole, or at least destroyed them by using his tail. Up for sale is an original production...
Paint, Paper, Pen, Pencil
Betty Boop On Broadway Original Drawing For TV Special Signed by Ron Friedman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Up for sale is an original concept drawing by Ron Friedman, a producer and writer for TV and movies, titled: Betty Boop On Broadway. This was a conce...
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Nu Assis Dans Un Fauteuil, Original Lithograph, 1924, Modern, Signed, Framed
By Henri Matisse
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Nu assis dans un fauteuil au décor fleuri Lithograph from 1924. The edition of 26/250. Dimensions of work: 60.3 x 40 cm. Hand signed. Reference: Duth...
Lithograph
Nu au fauteuil sur fond moucharabieh
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Henri Matisse Nu au fauteuil sur fond moucharabieh 1925 Lithograph on Arches vellum paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 65.5 x 50 cms (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 ins) Image size: 54 x 44 cms (21 1...
Lithograph
Le Repos du Modele (The Model's Rest) - Limited Edition Signed Lithograph
By Henri Matisse
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Henri Matisse's ‘Le Repos du Modèle’ (1922) was published in the album "Les peintres lithographes de Manet à Matisse," with an initial edition of 100 signed impressions (of which 85 ...
Lithograph
Nu, odalisque au coffret
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Arches Velin paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 50.6 x 66 cms (19 7/8 x 26 ins) Image size: 45.4 x 54 cms (17 7/8 x 21 1/4 ins)
Lithograph
Nu couché, jambe repliée – Étude de jambes
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Henri Matisse Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes 1925 Lithograph on Japon paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 45.7 x 56 cms (18 x 22 1/16 ins) Image size: 25.4 x 47.5 cms (10 x ...
Lithograph
Blue Nude V (small model) - Signed Lithograph
By Henri Matisse
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) (after) Blue Nude V (small model) Lithograph in blue Signed in the plate, Numbered HC, On Arches vellum, 50 x 32.5 cm (19.6 x 12.5 in) INFORMATION: Publis...
Lithograph
