Sailing | Fine Antique Prints

Matisse, Henri (Bateau) Verve. Paris, 1958. Framed

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Towards the end of his monumental career as a painter, sculptor and lithographer, an elderly and sick Henri Emil Benoit Matisse (1860-1954) was unable to stand and use a paintbrush for a long period of time and so developed the technique of ‘carving into color’ creating bold bright paper cutouts. These lithographs were included in the Verve Revue Artistique et Litteraire (“The Last Works of Matisse”,) Volume IX No. 35-36, printed in Paris in 1958. Matisse had specially composed the cover of this volume and under this direction, the first of these plates were printed in 1954 and remainder completed in 1958 by Mourlot Brothers. These lithographs were produced at the end of the artist’s life and are the only edition of lithography produced under Matisse’s supervision.

Edition size: 1954 edition 1000 copies, 1958 edition 1000 copies; for a total of 2000 for both editions on wove paper.

Printed signature and/or date on some of the lithographs.
Reference: Duthuit No. 139, “Catalogue Raisonné Des Ouvrages Illustrés”

Pochoir print, 14 x 10.5 inches sheet.

Archivally framed, 19 x 15.5 inches outside finished.
Excellent condition.

(The Yachting Season) New York: Frank Leslie’s, 1882

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“The Yachting Season – Annual Regatta of the New York Yacht Club, June 15th”

A lovely wood engraving after the work of Frederick Cozzens. The principal image is entitled “Coming up from the Southwest Spit – Making Sail.” The two inset views are “A Mishap to the Mystery” and “The Winning schooner ‘Montauk”.

16 x 10 3/4 inches, sheet.
Hand colored wood engraving.
Excellent condition.

(Yacht Races) New York: Harper’s Weekly, 1885

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“The Trial Yacht Races – To windward in a Fresh Breeze”

A lovely action packed depiction of many boats competing in a stiff breeze. The Puritan, the Priscilla, and the Bedouin are identified below.

11 x 14 3/4 inches, sheet.
Hand colored wood engraving.
Excellent condition save missing sliver of extreme edge of upper left corner. (See photo)