{"product_id":"original-henri-matisse-poster-aix-en-provence-1960-mourlot-2","title":"Original Henri Matisse Poster - Aix-En-Provence, 1960 - Mourlot","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHenri Matisse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1960\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHenri Matisse — Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLa Dormeuse (Le Rêve), 1940\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMourlot Frères, Paris\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 × 73 cm (19.75 × 28.75 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOriginal vintage lithographic exhibition poster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBacking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFreshly linen backed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA- — Overall Good, see different pictures\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an original lithographic poster printed by Mourlot Frères for an exhibition of Henri Matisse at the Pavillon de Vendôme in Aix-en-Provence in 1960 — a posthumous tribute to one of the defining masters of 20th-century art, held in one of the most beautiful historic venues in the South of France. The image is Matisse's celebrated 1940 painting \u003cem\u003eLa Dormeuse\u003c\/em\u003e — also known as \u003cem\u003eLe Rêve\u003c\/em\u003e — a sleeping figure of extraordinary stillness and sensuality, rendered with the economy and confidence of an artist at the absolute summit of his powers. Six years after Matisse's death, this image was chosen to represent him in Provence: the region whose light, warmth and chromatic intensity had shaped his entire vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenri Matisse\u003c\/strong\u003e (1869–1954) painted \u003cem\u003eLa Dormeuse\u003c\/em\u003e in 1940 during one of the most troubled periods in European history — the year of the Fall of France. In his studio in the South, Matisse turned inward, away from the world and toward the timeless subjects that had always governed his imagination: the sleeping figure, the interior, the play of light on fabric and flesh. The result is a painting of absolute serenity — a refusal, in paint, of everything happening outside the studio window. It became one of his most iconic compositions, reproduced in lithography by Mourlot with the chromatic fidelity that only they could achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pavillon de Vendôme, built between 1665 and 1667 for Louis, Duke of Vendôme, and set within a formal French garden in the heart of Aix-en-Provence, became a museum of fine arts in the 20th century — one of the most intimate and distinguished exhibition spaces in the South of France, and a fitting home for this posthumous Matisse tribute. Aix-en-Provence, the city of Cézanne, had a long and deep relationship with the painters of the South, and an exhibition of Matisse at the Pavillon de Vendôme was an act of regional homage as much as a cultural event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster has been freshly linen backed — the gold standard of vintage poster conservation — with a small tear professionally restored in the lower right side and a small fold professionally restored in the upper right corner, in no way affecting the image. See pictures for full condition details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA deeply southern piece — Matisse's most serene figure, in the city of Cézanne, from the atelier that knew his colours best.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nbmposter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45701780668525,"sku":null,"price":2900.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/3811\/3082\/files\/matisseladormeuse1960.png?v=1787709578","url":"https:\/\/www.nbmposter.com\/products\/original-henri-matisse-poster-aix-en-provence-1960-mourlot-2","provider":"nbmposter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}