Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Océanie, la mer

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Océanie, la mer
signed and numbered 'Henri Matisse 2/30' (lower right)
screenprint on linen
66 ½ x 145 ¼ in. (169 x 369 cm.)
Executed in 1946

Provenance
Pierre Matisse, New York (by descent from the artist).
Private collection, United States (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2008, lot 76.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
H. Matisse, "Océanie: tenture murale" in Labyrinthe, 1946, p. 3 (another example illustrated).
G. Diehl, "Contributions à l'Art Décoratif: Henri Matisse" in Art et Décoration, 1947, p. 7 (another example illustrated).
A.H. Barr, Matisse: His Art and His Public, London, 1951, p. 510 (another example illustrated).
G. Diehl, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1954, pp. 91 and 156.
R. Escholier, Matisse: ce vivant, Paris, 1956, p. 109 (another example illustrated, pl. 42).
J. Lassaigne, Biographie et critique, Geneva, 1959, pp. 114 and 117.
G.H. Brassaï, Conversations avec Picasso, Paris, 1964, pp. 305-306.
D. Fourcade, "Autres propos de Henri Matisse" in Macula, 1976, p. 106.
J. Cowart; J.H. Neff and J.D. Flam, Henri Matisse: Paper Cut-Outs, exh. cat., The St. Louis Museum of Art, 1977, p. 125, no. 56 (another example illustrated; maquette illustrated, pp. 48-49, fig. 25 and detail of maquette illustrated, p. 126, fig. 41).
J. Elderfield, The Cut Outs of Henri Matisse, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1978, p. 55 (another example illustrated in color, pl. 7).
I. Monod-Fontaine, Matisse, Paris, 1979, pp. 162-164 (another example illustrated).
V.D. Mendes and F.M. Hinchcliffe, Zika and Lida Ascher, Fabric, Art, Fashion, London, 1987, pp. 34-41 (another example illustrated, p. 35).
U. Gauss, Henri Matisse: Zeichnungen und Gouaches Découpées, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1993, p. 249 (another example illustrated in color).
J.D. Flam, Matisse on Art, Berkeley, 1995, p. 169 (another example illustrated, fig. 27).
P. Laudon, Matisse in Tahitti, Paris, 2001, p. 117 (maquette illustrated in color).
O. Berggruen and M. Hollein, eds., Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Masterpieces from the Late Years, exh. cat., Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2002, p. 93, no. 38 (another example illustrated).
H. Finsen, Matisse: A Second Life, exh. cat., Musée du Luxembourg, 2005, pp. 172-175 and 178, no. 113 (another example illustrated in color, p. 175).
R. Percheron and C. Brouder, Matisse: From Color to Architecture, New York, 2004, p. 286, no. 324 (another example illustrated in color, pp. 286-287).
H. Spurling, Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, New York, 2005, vol. 2, p. 446 (another example illustrated).
P. Deparpe, ed., Matisse: La couleur découpée, exh. cat., Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2013, pp. 63-72 (maquette illustrated in color, pp. 74-75; maquette illustrated in situ, pp. 68-69, 71 and 73).
C. Debray, Matisse en Son Temps, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, 2015, p. 190, no. 89 (another version illustrated in color).