Null HENRI MATISSE (1869 Le Cateau-Cambrésis - 1954 Nice) - Color lithograph, "S…

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HENRI MATISSE (1869 Le Cateau-Cambrésis - 1954 Nice) - Color lithograph, "Seconde Lettre" from "Les Lettres Portugaises" (1946), inscribed in the print, approx. 27x21cm (mounted), framed (37x27cm), paper browned FR

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HENRI MATISSE (1869 Le Cateau-Cambrésis - 1954 Nice) - Color lithograph, "Seconde Lettre" from "Les Lettres Portugaises" (1946), inscribed in the print, approx. 27x21cm (mounted), framed (37x27cm), paper browned FR

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Estim. 8 000 - 8 500 EUR

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (Chanteloup-en-Brie, France, 1908- Céreste, France, 2004). "Matisse", Vence, France, 1944. Gelatin silver, later printing. Signed in ink in the margin and with embossed photographer's copyright stamp (in the margin). Provenance: Reuben private collection, Chicago. Measurements: 25.3 x 37 cm (image); 31 x 40.8 cm (paper). Henri Cartier-Bresson immortalized French painter Henri Matisse in villa "Le Rêve," his home in the Alpes-Maritimes, when publisher Pierre Braun asked him to photograph writers and artists for a book project that never materialized. At the time the Fauvist painter was 70 years old and, having undergone surgery years earlier, his condition forced him to be prostrate in a chair or bed, as seen in the tendered snapshot. In Le Rêve Matisse drew and painted the white doves that flitted around his room, as well as his regular models, Micaela Avogadro and Lydia Delectorskaya. The Fauvist also spent time in his Nice apartment, where Cartier-Bresson also photographed him. Bresson himself said of these visits to the villa, "When I went to see Matisse, I sat in a corner, I didn't move, we didn't talk. It was as if we didn't exist." Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of photography and one of the first users of 35 mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography and considered photography as capturing a decisive moment. His first major reportage trip took him to the Ivory Coast in 1931.Photographs from his many travels quickly found a forum in magazines and exhibitions. He also gained experience in New York with Paul Strand. In the late summer of 1937, before the battle of Belchite, he traveled to Spain with Herbert Kline, former editor of New Theater magazine, and cameraman Jacques Lemare to shoot a documentary on the American Medical Bureau during the Spanish Civil War. They filmed at Villa Paz, the International Brigades hospital in Saelices, not far from Madrid, and on the coast of Valencia to document the recovery of wounded volunteers in the villas of Benicàssim. They also visited the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Quinto, near Zaragoza, and shot the film With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain. From 1937 to 1939, Cartier-Bresson was assistant director on three films by Jean Renoir, including The Rules of the Game. In 1940, he spent nearly three years as a prisoner of war in Germany. After it was erroneously assumed that he had died in the war, the Museum of Modern Art in New York dedicated a major "posthumous" retrospective to Cartier-Bresson in 1947. That same year, together with Robert Capa, David Seymour and George Rodger, he founded the Magnum Photos agency in New York with the aim of preserving the rights to the photographers' work. Cartier-Bresson was the first photographer allowed to exhibit at the Louvre in Paris in 1955. His photographs were collected and published in Images à la sauvette (1952, Images in passing), D'une Chine à l'autre (1968, China yesterday and today) and Moscou (1955, Moscow), among others. Cartier-Bresson stopped taking professional photographs in 1972 and devoted himself intensely to the art of drawing. In 1974 he was elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Starting price 20 GBP

Set of 5 printed pieces including : - engraving after Bernard BUFFET, 29.5 x 47 cm (fold). - Editions du cercle d'art, October 1966, Hommage à Picasso, Shakespeare, Aragon, Picasso. 47.5 x 32 cm. - After Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Yvette Guilbert saluant le public, reproduction published by RMN, 1992. 30 x 24 cm. - After Henri MATISSE, Intérieur au violon, reproduction RMN 2000. 30 x 24 cm. - Modern reproduction of Pichon's 1789 map of Paris. 52 x 73 cm.

Estim. 20 000 - 30 000 EUR

ATTRIBUTED TO HENRI MATISSE (FRENCH 1869-1954): A BRUSH AND INK DRAWING ON PAPER 'TÊTE DE FEMME', 74cm x 53cm Mounted in a frame and glazed. 89cm x 70cm. Provenance: Property of a gentleman, Esher, Surrey. This work was purchased by the present owner in 1981 from a private French collector who acquired it from Simon Abitbol, a notable Parisian art dealer with premises at 2 Rue Drouot, next to where the famous Hotel Drouot auction house is located. According to a leading Matisse authenticator, it appears to have been inspired by a comparable drawing which is very similar in style and is published in Matisse’s 1943 illustrated book Themes & variations. However, it is generally acknowledged that in the later years of Matisse's career, he continued the refinement of the "Tête de Femme" series. Whilst the drawing has not been definitively authenticated, it possesses several attributes that suggest that it could be part of the Tête de Femme series. Matisse’s “Tête de Femme" drawings have had a lasting impact on the art world. They are notable for their elegance, simplicity and expressive quality. These drawings highlight Matisse's mastery in capturing the essence of his subjects with minimal lines and a keen sense of form. Despite the simplicity, the drawings are highly expressive and convey a range of emotions and personality traits through subtle variations in line and form. They exemplify his innovative approach to portraiture and his significant contributions to modern art. For other examples of Matisse 'Tete de Femme' works at auction, see below: 1. Christies, Impressionist and Modern Day Sale. Property from the Collection of Lew and Edie Wasserman, Lot 202, 2nd November 2011. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5492960 2. Sotheby's, The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined, Lot 130, November 9th, 2023. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/the-emily-fisher-landau-collection-an-era-defined-day-auction/tete-de-femme 3. Sotheby's, Impressionist and Modern Art: Part two, Lot 294. https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/impressionist-modern-art-part-two-n07936/lot.294.html

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