{"product_id":"original-henri-matisse-poster-retrospective-exhibition-1966-mourlot","title":"Original Henri Matisse Poster Retrospective Exhibition 1966 - 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\u003e1966\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 — Retrospective Exhibition (UCLA Art Galleries \/ Art Institute of Chicago \/ Museum of Fine Arts Boston)\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\u003e63.5 × 63.5 cm (25 × 25 in) — square format\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 — square format\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, original handling marks, see 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 in Paris for the Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition — a landmark travelling show jointly sponsored by the UCLA Art Council, the UCLA Art Galleries, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Presented twelve years after Matisse's death, this transatlantic retrospective was one of the most ambitious posthumous tributes to his work ever mounted in the United States, bringing his paintings, drawings and cut-outs before American audiences at three of the country's most prestigious institutions simultaneously. The poster is immediately distinguished by its format: a perfect square, as rare in the history of the exhibition poster as it is deliberate — an echo of the geometric harmony that governed Matisse's entire vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenri Matisse\u003c\/strong\u003e (1869–1954) is universally recognised as one of the two or three most important artists of the 20th century — the supreme colourist, the master of the decorative, the artist who said that he wanted his work to be like a comfortable armchair for the tired businessman, and who produced instead some of the most physically and emotionally overwhelming paintings in the history of Western art. His trajectory — from the Fauvist explosions of 1905 through the Moroccan paintings, the great Odalisques of the Nice years, the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, and finally the cut-outs of his final decade — is one of the most sustained and varied achievements in modern art. The retrospective of 1966 surveyed this entire arc, placing it before American eyes with the authority of three institutions that between them defined the canon of modern art in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat this poster was printed by Mourlot Frères — the Parisian atelier that had been Matisse's trusted partner since the late 1940s — for an American institutional retrospective is itself a document of transatlantic cultural exchange: the finest French printer in service of the finest American museums, honouring the artist who had defined what colour could do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster has been freshly linen backed — the gold standard of vintage poster conservation — and is in overall good condition with original handling marks. See pictures for full details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA rare square-format piece — Matisse's full legacy, three of America's greatest museums, printed in Paris by the atelier that knew his colours best.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nbmposter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67670994583661,"sku":null,"price":2850.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/3811\/3082\/files\/matisse1966retro.png?v=1791419965","url":"https:\/\/www.nbmposter.com\/products\/original-henri-matisse-poster-retrospective-exhibition-1966-mourlot","provider":"nbmposter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}