


After Henri Matisse(French, 1869-1954)La Vierge et l'Enfant
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After Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Lithograph in colours, 1949, on wove paper, signed in black ink, from the edition of 60, the full sheet, framed
Image 217 x 395mm (8 7/8 x 15 1/2in)
Sheet 235 x 395mm (9 1/4 x 15 1/2in)
Footnotes
This print is after the homonymous preparatory sketch currently in the collection of the Vatican Museums, a study for the ceramic of the presbytery of the Chapel of Vence.
Elderly and very ill, Matisse devoted himself to the project of the chapel until 1951, designing not only the decoration of the windows and walls, but also the chasubles, pyxes, and crucifix.
The chapel was consecrated on 25 June 1951, and on this occasion Matisse wrote to the bishop of Nice: 'Your Grace, Allow me in all humbleness to present you the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Sisters of Vence. [...] It has taken me four years of exclusive and assiduous labor, and it is the outcome of my entire active life. Despite all its imperfections I consider it my masterpiece. [...]'.