Artist: Henri Matisse
Title: L'art Independant au Petit Palais
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1937
Dimensions: 29.25 x 19.5 in, 74.3 x 49.5 cm

This lithograph was commissioned by the Musée du Petit Palais for an exhibition on French art. The composition is the artist's 1935 oil painting entitled 'The Dream' and marks Matisse's first collaboration with Mourlot.

Galerie Filali is pleased to collaborate with our personal friend Galerie Mourlot, New York, to present a collection of rare lithographs from legendary Parisian printing house Atelier Mourlot.

Founded in Paris in 1852, Atelier Mourlot has been synonymous with fine art lithography for over 150 years. From 1930, under the direction of the founder’s grandson, Fernand Mourlot, leading artists were invited to the studio to collaborate on traditional limestone lithography. For painters like Matisse, the medium provided an exciting new form of expression.

Each individual work of art comes with a Certificate of Provenance, signed, dated, stamped, and numbered by Eric Mourlot. Stored in a clear protective sleeve accompanying your piece, this Certificate of Provenance is recognized by all the major auction houses should you care to resell at any point. This ensures the validity of its origin and its being in the Mourlot archives since its production.