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1950232261Paris: Teriade Editeur 1950. Limited. paperback. near fine. Matisse Henri. This fabulous book one of the most spontaneous and joyous of all Matisse's printed works is illustrated with over 100 finely lithographed color pages including 54 original works done with colored pencils and crayons. The frontispiece portrait of the medieval author is signed and numbered in the plate. Printed entirely on heavy Velin d'Arches by Mourlot. Folio. Loose pages as issued in a lithographed glassine-covered folder. Paris: Teriade Editeur 1950. First edition. A clean near fine copy lacking the original slipcase. Despite the rather large limitation copies of this book are increasingly scarce.<br/><br/> Number 194 of 1200 copies printed and signed in pencil by Matisse on the justification page."The poems of the fifteenth-century author were written out in the artist's hand and framed by his own borders in the manner of an illuminated manuscript." -- The Artist & The Book p. 202. "In no other of Matisse's books does one feel the same sense of the artist's pleasure in his work as he plays here in his subtle games with children's crayons." -- Alfred Barr in Matisse: His Art & His Public p. 272-273 560.<br/><br/> Teriade Editeur unknown books
1920101632Paris: Les Soins de l'Artiste 1920. First edition of Matisse's classic self-produced suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women. Quarto original wrappers as issued with an original frontispiece etching of a woman's face. One of only 1000 copies produced this is number 908. Signed by Matisse below the original frontispiece etching "Henri Matisse." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and in the original jacket. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work. "Daily painting sessions alternated with hours on end devoted to drawing a corrective Matisse would use from now on whenever he felt his work was in danger of losing its balance between color and feeling on the one hand and line and form on the other. He returned over and over again to a lace collar drawing it first in minute detail until he had got it by heart and could translated it at will with two swift lines 'into an ornament an arabesque without losing the character of lace and of that particular lace'. Matisse was evolving methods he would use for the rest of his life. He published fifty of these drawings in a portfolio called Cinquante Dessins to coincide with his exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune in 1920. A surge of renewed energy pulses between the lines of the letters he wrote home as he drew them" Spurling 225-26. Les Soins de l'Artiste unknown books
19721205621972. MATISSE Henri. Poesies Antillaises. By John-Antoine Nau. 90 ff. Illustrated with 28 full-page portrait lithographs and a further 27 hors-texte ornaments by Matisse. Folio 383 x 292 mm loose as issued in the publisher's wrappers and cardboard slipcase. Paris: Mourlot 1972. Matisse conceived of this work as an homage to his close friend John-Antoine Nau and as he had done with Charles d'Orleans and Ronsard he personally selected the poems that moved him most. As Matisse and the poet shared a common love for Martinique Matisse worked from Martiniquan models as well as Malagashan models for the illustrations. Matisse prepared the illustrations for this book in 1946 and a contract to publish the edition was drawn up with Mourlot in 1947. Matisse worked on and off on the production maquette for Poesies Antillaises from 1950 to 1953. However due in large measure to the artist's ill health at the end of his life publication was delayed until almost twenty years after his death. One of 200 regular copies. A superb copy of this magnificent book which is similar in feel to Florilège published by Skira in 1948. Duthuit Henri Matisse Les Ouvrages Illustrés No. 37. From Manet to Hockney No. 129. unknown books
1935RMATSIX00AFThe Print Club 1935. Very Good. Matisse Henri illustrator. Six Signed Proofs of Original Etchings by Henri Matisse. Illustrations for Ulysses by James Joyce published by the Limited Editions Club. . NY: The Print Club 1935. #77 of 150. 6pp. Illustrated. Folio. Book condition: Very good with faint label residue on foot of inside cover. Cloth on flaps faintly faded near edges. Slight bumping and creasing of title page. Prints are near fine with tissue protectors. Prospectus has gentle creasing and rubbed edges. Each print is titled numbered and signed by Matisse. The first 250 copies were signed by Joyce and Matisse. The final 1250 were signed only by Matisse. The Print Club hardcover books
