Verve: The Last Works of Henri Matisse, With Color Lithographs

Henri Matisse; Pierre Reverdy and Georges Duthuit (text). THE LAST WORKS OF HENRI MATISSE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. American edition. Hardcover in orange pictorial paper-covered boards; in original matching jacket. Folio; 182, [4]pp. Constitutes number 35/36 of the French edition of Verve. Includes lithographs printed by Mourlot Frères, the first of which were printed in 1954 under Matisse's direction, with some double-page and folding, and black-and-white heliogravures.

14 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.

From the Collection of Dorothy and Morris Margolin

"This book is dedicated entirely to the last works of Matisse: 1950-1954. Reproduced in colour lithography, these works were executed by the artist with papers colored in gouache, cut with scissors and pasted. They are shown here with drawings produced at the same time or during the preceding period."

Boards with minor grime and some edge wear, the spine strip loose with tearing to paper along spine and large losses to strip at ends; very good internally, the text block with only light age toning and handling wear, a couple of leaves with mild edge wear, foxing to rear endpapers, and rare offsetting; jacket present but in poor condition.

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