Poesies.
Mallarme, Stephane.Lausanne: Albert Skira, 1932. Illustrated with 29 original etchings by Matisse, of which 23 are full-page. Original publisher's printed wrappers, chemise and slipcase. From the edition limited to 145 copies, with this one of 95 copies on Vélin d'Arches, signed in ink on justification page. Ref: Duthuit books#5, Artist and the Book#196, Rauch#168. $80,000.00
Poesies Antillaises.
Matisse, Henri & Nau, John-Antoine. Paris: Mourlot, 1972. Illustrated with 28 full-page lithographs by Matisse. Folio, loose as issued in the publisher's wrappers and cardboard slipcase. $25,000.00
Lettres Portugaises.
ALCAFORADO, Marianna. Paris: Teriade, 1946. With 15 full-page and 80 smaller lithographs by Matisse. 4to., loose as issued in the original illustrated wrappers and cardboard box, in a half morocco folding box.. A copy of Matisse's first collaboration with Teriade. Unlike Jazz, which he was working on at the same time, this work showcases Matisse's brilliance as a draughtsman. DELUXE edition with extra suite. $25,000.00
Visages.
REVERDY (Pierre). Lithographs by Henri Matisse. Paris, Editions du Chêne, 1946. 4to, issued in loose leaves, pictorial cover (casing in publisher slipcase). Original edition, illustrated by Henri Matisse with 14 original lithographs in full page in sanguine, 17 linogravures in black and white, of which 14 culs-de-lampe and 3 on the cover, and 14 head letters printed in purple. limited and numbered edition of 250 copies, signed by the author and the artist. One of the 30 copies on vélin de Montval. $25,000.00
Visages.
REVERDY (Pierre). Lithographs by Henri Matisse. Paris, Editions du Chêne, 1946. 4to, issued in loose leaves, pictorial cover (casing in publisher slipcase). Original edition, illustrated by Henri Matisse with 14 original lithographs in full page in sanguine, 17 linogravures in black and white, of which 14 culs-de-lampe and 3 on the cover, and 14 head letters printed in purple. limited and numbered edition of 250 copies, signed by the author and the artist. One of the 200 copies on vélin de Lana. $20,000.00
Repli. DELUXE Edition with extrasuite.
ROUVEYRE, Andre, gravures de Henri Matisse. Paris: Editions du Belier, 1947. Tall octavo, original illustrated pochoir covers, uncut and unopened. Housed in original paper-covered slipcase and chemise. First edition, one of 35 deluxe copies (total edition 370 copies printed), signed by Matisse and Rouveyre on the limitation page. Unbound as issued, with two original color linocuts, four original black-and-white woodcuts, and 12 original black-and-white lithographs by Matisse, with one extrasuite of the 12 original lithographs in China paper. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres, the linocuts and typography by Fequet and Baudier, and the pochoir stencil-format wrappers by Nervet after Matisse's cut-outs. In the original French. A unique and beautiful signed portfolio of this scarce Matisse production. $17,500.00
Dessins de Henri Matisse (Deluxe edition with a s/n etching by Matisse)
Waldemar George. Paris, Editions des quatre chemins, 1925 with 64 lithographic reproductions hors text; one of the 100 copies on Vélin d' Arches with an original etching by Matisse, signed and numbered in pencil. Very rare. $15,000.00
Sainte Catherine 1946.
Aragon Louis, Eluard Paul. One of 200 copies on "velin du Marais", with an original lithograph by Matisse, signed and numbered in pencil, and 4 lithographs by M. Laurencin, C. Bérard, H. Matisse et Picasso. $15,000.00
Pierres Levees
Jules Romains. Paris, Flammarion, 1948. Contains one lithograph signed in pencil by Matisse. One of 340 copies. $15,000.00
Le poème pulvérisé
René Char. Paris, Fontaine, 1947. One of 50 copies on Johannot, signed by Char, with one linogravure signed in pencil by Matisse.
Réf : Cramer Matisse Les Livres Illustrés n°21. $14,000.00
Cinquante Dessins.
Paris: Les Soins de l'Artiste, 1920. Quarto, original printed paper wrappers. First edition, one of only 1000 copies with an original etching by Matisse of a woman's face, entitled "Mlle. M. M," signed by him. Matisse himself edited and printed this lovely suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women. Preface by Charles Vildrac, in French. Ref:Duthuit 68. $9,750.00
Une Fête En Cimmérie.
Duthuit, Georges. Paris: Teriade, 1963. 78 pp Illustrated with 30 lithographs by Matisse within the text and one lithograph on paper wrappers. 4to, loose as issued, housed in original pictorial wrapper, in original black chemise and slipcase. One of 120 copies on Rivers. Matisse's inspiration for these illustrations was drawn from photographs and Eskimo masks. $ 10,000.00
Tableaux de Paris.
Editions Emile-Paul Freres. Paris. 1927. 4to. With 20 full page original graphics, either lithographs or etchings. Edition limited to 225 copies on velin de Rives. With 20 original prints by the leading artists of the 'Ecole de Paris': Bonnard, Segonzac, Foujita, Laurencin, Matisse, Rouault, Utrillo, Van Dongen, Ceria, Daragnes, Hermine David, Falke, Laborde, Marquet, Charles Martin, Moreau, Oberle, Pascin, Vlaminck, and Henri de Waroquier. With and additional lithograph and an original signed drawing by Daragnes. $9,000.00
Le Signe De Vie.
Tzara Tristan. Paris France: Bordas, 1946. With 6 drawings to full page and an original lithography of Henry Matisse, printed by Mourlot freres. One of 300 copy, with the original lithograph signed in pencil by Matisse . Original Edition. $9,000.00
Dessins Themes et Variations.
Aragon, Louis. Paris: Fabiani, 1943. First edition. With a long introductory text by Louis Aragon subtitled: "Matisse en France". 39, [1] pp. Illustrated with a linocut frontespiece and 150 plates. Folio, loose as issued in original cloth-backed portfolio boards. One of the 10 copies on Japon Imperial (missing the justification page), total edition 950 copies. The work comprises 17 themes, or pictorials motifs. Each thematic section includes a number of variations on the same subject, the largest containing nineteen different images. Each of the drawings reproduced full-page on thick paper Produced with the participation of Roger Lacouriere. Duthuit 9. $6,750.00
Le fleurs du mal.
Baudelaire, Charles illustrated by Matisse, Henri. Paris: La Bibliothèque Française, 1947. 169, (3)pp. 1 original etching on chine appliqué (frontispiece), 33 full-page photo-lithographs, 38 line-drawn decorations (10 full-page), of which 2 on the covers, and 33 wood-engraved lettrines; all by Matisse. Large 4to. Decorate wraps, designed by Matisse. Slipcase and chemise. One of 300 numbered copies on papier de Rives, signed by Matisse in the colophon, from the limited edition of 320 in all. Etching printed by R. Lacourière, lithographs by Mourlot Frères, wood-engraving by Theo Schmied. $7,500.00
Repli.
ROUVEYRE, Andre, gravures de Henri Matisse. Paris: Editions du Belier, 1947. Tall octavo, original illustrated pochoir covers, uncut and unopened. Housed in original paper-covered slipcase and chemise. First edition, one of 370 copies printed, signed by Matisse and Rouveyre on the limitation page. Unbound as issued, with two original color linocuts, four original black-and-white woodcuts, and 12 original black-and-white lithographs by Matisse. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres, the linocuts and typography by Fequet and Baudier, and the pochoir stencil-format wrappers by Nervet after Matisse's cut-outs. In the original French. A unique and beautiful signed portfolio of this scarce Matisse production. $7,500.00
Paris 1937.
Paul Valery and others. Paris, 1937. Illustrated with 62 original etchings, 31 full page by Matisse, Vlaminck, Derain, Van Dongen, Bonnard, and others. One of 200 copies.
Ref: Duthuit books 7. $ 7,500.00
XXe siecle: 1re année, no. 1-6 in 6 issues.
San Lazzaro, G. di Paris: Chronique du jour 1938-39, With 7 ORIGINAL WOODCUTS (4 in colours and 3 in black and white) by W. KANDINSKY and 3 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS, one by MAX ERNST and 2 by MARCEL DUCHAMP, 10 ORIGINAL ENGR. by HENRY MATISSE, HENRI LAURENS, MIRO`, JEAN ARP, MAGNELLI, GIORGIO de CHIRICO, O. ZADKINE, HÉLION, J.-W. POWER and MARCOUSSIS and with numerous illustr. in colours and black and white. Orig. wrappers, spines slightly discoloured, otherwise a fine and clean set. With contributions by Georges Duthuit, W. Kandinsky, R. Cogniat, Le Corbusier, Jean Arp, Man Ray, Joan Miro`, O. Zadkine, Jacques Soustelle, P. Picasso and others. $ 5,800.00
Apollinaire.
Rouveyre, Andre. Illustrated by Matisse, Henri. Paris: Raisons d'Etre, 1952. One of 330 numbered copies on "velin d'arches a la forme", with 11 original prints, cover included (1 etching with aquatint, 7 lithographs and 3 small linocuts), printed by Mourlot. Slipcase. $5,000.00
Alternance.
Paul Eluard and others. Paris, Le Gerbier, 1946. With 16 etchings by Matisse, Laurencin, Lhote, Villon and others. One of 262 copies. Ref: Duthuit books 12. $ 4,500.00
XXe siècle N. 4. 1938.
San Lazzaro, G. di Paris: Chronique du jour,With original engravings by Matisse, de Chirico, Miro`, Arp, Laurens, Magnelli, Zadkine, Helion and original lithographs by Duchamp and Max Bill. $ 4,000.00
Lettres à Lou avec une introduction d'André Rouveyre.
Apollinaire Guillaume. Geneve Pierre Cailler, 1955. With one original linocut by Matisse. Ref: Duthuit books 34. $ 4,000.00
Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonne des Ouvrages Illustrés. Deluxe edition.
Duthuit, Claude. Paris: Duthuit, 1988. First edition, text in French and English; hundreds of quality illustrations; cloth in dust jacket. Catalogue raisonné of the illustrated books by Henri Matisse. Of the total edition of 2000 copies, this example is from the hors-commerce edition of 125 numbered copies, containing a laid-in loose original etching on Japon Impérial, stamped with artist's monogram. The preparatory drawing for this print was done by Matisse in 1932 for the book by Stéphane Mallarmé "Poésies", but it was not selected for the final version of the book. This etching was for the first time printed by the Matisse Atelier in 1987 to accompany 125 copies of this book distributed among contributors and artist's family. Ref,: Duthuit pp. 33-34 (ill'd as the 7th image of the 8 "Etudes"). $3,500.00
Mural Scrolls.
Calder, Matisse, Miro, Matta. New York: Katzenbach And Warren, Inc. 1949. Exhibition catalogue of murals by Calder, Matisse, Miro' and Matta, with four silk screen samples. $2,500.00
Hommage, 2.
Paul Eluard.Dessins de Matisse. Matisse vu par Rouveyre. Poems de Paul Eluard. Frontispice de Leonor Fini. Monaco, Hommage, Juin 1944.4 .7 pages with frontispice of Lenor Fini. 10 plates with illustrations of Matisse, 2 blueprints by pencil and one photograph of Matisse. Loose sheets in original bookjacket with titel printed in green and black. Dated on 2nd June 1944. One of 1050 copys with the extra photograph by Brassai. The photograph showes "Matisse at work". Blueprints with explainations. - Fine complete copy.
$ 2,200.00
Henri Matisse par Florent Fels.
Editions des Chroniques du Jour. Paris, 1929. One of 500 copies with four colour pochoirs by Matisse. $2,000.00
Pierre a Feu. Les Miroirs Profonds.
Paris: Maeght, 1947. Limited edition of 999 numbered copies, with an originalithograph by the artist and an original wood-engraving, together with a frontispiece, and 14 heliogravure plates. Text by Louis Aragon, P. Eluard, R. Caillois, J. Lescure, A. Marchand, E. Dermenghem, J. Kober, and many others. 88 pp., Small 4to., original pictorial wrappers, in chipped glassine, with design by Matisse in red, black, blue, and green, in original slipcase and box. $1,250.00
His Art and His Public.
With lithograph by Henri Matisse. Barr, Alfred H. NY: MOMA, 1951. First edition, one of 495 copies numbered and signed by Alfred Barr, containing an original full-page lithograph by Matisse, signed in the plate. Thick 4to, 592 pages with hundreds of black & white and color plates, copy in the pictorial dust jacket and black carton slipcase. This book is still considered to be the classic text on the paintings and life of Matisse. References: Duthuit 30; Lucas page 168; Freitag 6202. $1,200.00
XXe Siecle. Nouvelle série no. 13.
Vingt ans avant. S.Lazzaro, G. di Paris, Noël 1959, with linoleum cuts by Matisse, Kandinsky, Magnelli, Arp, Ernst, Miro, Laurens, taken from the pre-war series of Vingtième Siècle and a pochoir by Music, a woodcut by Consagra and a lithograph by Soulages. $1,000.00
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