These lithographs were begun in 1950, almost at the end of the artist's life, and are from the only edition of lithographs of the cut-outs produced directly by Matisse working with Mourlot. The images reproduce his iconic pochoir designs and were incorporated into a volume of the French portfolio Verve, ‘Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse’, also known as Verve 35/36, celebrating his last works and published posthumously by Teriade in Paris in 1958.

Matisse created the cut-out Vigne in late 1953 as the maquette for a stained glass window to be installed in the stairwell of his son Pierre's villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Its winding forms were inspired by the wrought iron art nouveau banister that adorned the staircase. Pierre gifted it to the Louvre in 1981.

The lithographs are in stunning condition and are becoming extremely scarce.

Referenced in the Catalogue Raisonne: Duthuit 139. Freitag 6231

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