Henri Matisse Artwork Details
Detailed Description
Size: Paper size 179 x 268 mms Reference: Duthuit-Garnaud 36Printed by: Atelier Lacourier-Frelaut, Paris (December 1964)
Edition: 50 unnumbered on the print.
Note: In 1974 Marguerite and Georges Duthuit, daughter and son in law of the artist, began plans to publish a work on primitive art. Une Fete en Cimmerie was a poetic essay by George on the subject of the Eskimoes. Matisse became involved since much of his oeuvre was concerned with a similar subject matter. Our aquatint depicts an Eskimoes head influenced by the art of those peoples.