‘LA DANSEUSE CREOLE’ BY HENRI MATISSE (OFFSET LITHOGRAPH) DAVID the number of employees rose

the number of employees rose from eighty in 1948 to 480 by 1955

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and Cilli Wörsdörfer were among other notable designers to work for RUSCHA

and Elspeth Cohen

and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg

‘LA DANSEUSE CREOLE’ BY HENRI MATISSE (OFFSET LITHOGRAPH) DAVID the number of employees roseA beautiful offset lithograph of 'La Danseuse Creole' (The Creole Dancer) by Henri Matisse. Created in 1950, Matisse based the cut out figure on Katherine Dunham, an American dancer and choreographer whose modern dance routines were influenced by dances from Africa and Haiti. Matisse had invited Ms. Dunham to perform in his studio, and he created Creole Dancer from the sketches he made while she was dancing. The work was completed in a single day,