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HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Charles d'Orléans: Poèmes
the complete book comprising 54 lithographs in colours
1950
on Arches wove paper
with title, text and justification, the prints en- and hors-texte
signed in pencil on the justification
copy number 325, from the edition of 1200 (there were also thirty hors-commerce copies)
published by Tériade, Paris, 1950
the full sheets, loose (as issued), slightly toned and with occasional pale foxmarks
with the original paper wrappers with lithographic title
all within a custom-made cloth-covered box
generally in good condition
Sheets 41 x 53 cm. (16 x 21 in.)
Overall 42 x 30 x 4,6 cm. (17 x 1134 x 2 in.) (box)
Provenance
Dr Robert Schnell; Abstrakte und surrealistiche Kunst aus Sammlung Dr. Robert Schnell, Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 24 May 1962, lot 132.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Duthuit, Henri Matisse - Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, no. 28, pp. 226-243 (other impressions ill.).
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