Henri Matisse - La Tristesse du roi (The Sorrows of...

Henri Matisse - La Tristesse du roi (The Sorrows of the King), 1952

Henri Matisse - La Tristesse du roi (The Sorrows of the King), 1952

Lithographie sur papier Vélin BFK Rives
Signée dans la planche
Imprimeur Atelier Art-Litho, 2007
Edition Artvalue, Copyright Succession Matisse
63 x 90 cm

Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, plate-signed by Matisse. This lithograph was printed and published in 2007 in Art-Lithographies workshop in Paris using 100% cotton 300 g/m² BFK Rives. The lithograph was authorized, supervised and validated by the Matisse Estate. On the back of the lithograph feature the copyright of the Matisse Estate and the copyright of the original printer and publisher of this edition Artvalue.

Created by Matisse in 1952, La Tristesse du roi, is a reference to one of Rembrandt’s canvases, David Jouant de la harpe devant Saul (David Playing the Harp before Saul), in which the young biblical hero plays to distract the King from his melancholy, as well as to the late self-portraits of the old Dutch master. In this work, Matisse layers the themes of old age, of looking back towards earlier life and of music soothing all ills.