Henri Matisse: Rosace Karel Appel Robert Duvall as Tom Hagan

Robert Duvall as Tom Hagan

Paper discoloration is intentional replication of the original drawing

Matisse and the Graphic Arts Throughout his career Matisse employed printmaking as a vital pillar of his creativity

The hand-applied pigments on heavy Arches paper provide a depth of tone that mimics the tactile quality of a unique work on paper

He was prolific in producing special edition releases of various themes of literature

Henri Matisse: Rosace Karel Appel Robert Duvall as Tom HaganHenri Matisse: Rosace La Revue Verve, Vol. IX, Nos. 35 36 (1958) This lithograph is sourced from the monumental 1958 double issue of La Revue Verve, titled Les Dernires uvres de Matisse (The Last Works of Matisse). The series is considered the definitive posthumous tribute to the artist's final creative period. Each piece was created between 1950 and 1954 at the absolute zenith of Henri Matisse's revolutionary paper "cut out" (gouaches dcoups)