MATISSE, Henri

• Untitled drawing of women in an interior; fine lithograph printed for Chroniques du Jour, Paris in 1930.

Description

• Lithograph in black and white printed on velin paper. In fine condition and without fading or spotting. Bright and clean throughout.

• Unlike standard commercial printing of the period, which relied on rigid halftone screens that broke images down, the methods here allowed the ink to settle on the paper in direct proportion to the density of the original medium. This translated the subtlety of Matisse's line, its weight and even the granular detail.

• Framed and glazed with UV resistant art glass.

• Sheet, 27.8x22.4cm; external, 30.7x25.4cm.