Flowers and Vases

(After) Henri Matisse (1869-1954, French) “Flowers and Vases” [published in 1943, after the 1941 drawing, “Étude Pour la Nature Morte aux Magnolias” (Study for “Still Life with a Magnolia.)] An offset lithograph with signature, date and series designation and number in the lower left. The image measures 9.5 x 12.5 inches, and it is surrounded by gold colored fillet, linen matting and a 1.5-inch simple gold frame for a total measurement of 19 x 22 inches.

This image was included as one of 158 plates in the rare World War II -era, limited-edition (of 950) book, “Henri Matisse: Dessins (Designs), Themes et Variations” with preface by Louis Aragon: ''Matisse in France''; published by Martin Fabiani Editions, Paris in 1943. The images in the book consist of “sensitively drawn spare works in elegant, unshaded line, describing simplified forms of female figures or still lives.”

“Still Life with a Magnolia” (1941) is an oil on canvas still life painting by Matisse in the expressionism style, located in the Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France. (See last photo.)