Henri Matisse: Mlle M.M. (Marguerite Matisse) Original Hand Signed Etching matisse Title: La Negresse

Title: La Negresse

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8 1/4" x 7 5/8" x 1/2"

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Henri Matisse: Mlle M.M. (Marguerite Matisse) Original Hand Signed Etching matisse Title: La NegresseOriginal Copperplate Etching by Henri Matisse: Mlle M. M. 1920 This original etching is the centerpiece of the landmark 1920 publication "Cinquante Dessins" (Fifty Drawings). Released as the first plate in a series of 50 in a self published retrospective of drawings of women in various poses, Henri Matisse opted to include an all new, original, hand signed etching as the frontispiece. For this important first image, Matisse chose to capture a portrait