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Le Cauchemar de l’Eléphant Blanc

Name: Le Cauchemar De L’Eléphant Blanc | Henri Matisse
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 39114

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Henri Matisse

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French (1869–1954)

Date: 1947; 2004
Lithograph
Edition of 1500
Size: 15 x 23.5 in. (38.1 x 59.69 cm)
Frame Size: 21.5 x 30 inches
Printer: Idem-Mourlot
Publisher: Éditions Anthèse

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about Le Cauchemar de l’Eléphant Blanc

This plate is one of twenty made to illustrate Henri Matisse’s groundbreaking book "Jazz".

Despite its musical title—likely named for the experimental, improvisational nature of its compositions—the book’s dominant themes are the circus and theater. The illustrations derive from maquettes of cut and pasted colored papers. Nicely framed

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About The Artist: Henri Matisse

Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis in northern France on December 31, 1869. The son of a middle-class family, he studied and began to practice law. In 1890, however, while recovering slowly from an attack of appendicitis, he became intrigued by the practice of painting. In 1892, having given up his law career, he went to Paris to study art formally. He joined Gustave Moreau's studio at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he met Camoin,...

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About The Medium: Lithograph

A print created using flat stones or metal plates. The artist creates a lithograph by drawing an image directly onto the printing element using materials like lithograph crayons or special grease pencils. After this, the drawing is transferred from the plate to the paper in multiples. A lithograph will not have dots when examined with a magnifying glass.

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