Matisse. Dessins Thèmes et Variations

Paris: Martin Fabiani, 1943. Preface Matisse-en-France by Louis Aragon. Limited numbered edition in 950 copies, of which this is copy N 404. Loose as issued in the original publisher's lace-up hard chemise. Illustrated by Matisse with an original linocut on a black background in frontispiece, three lithographs, and 158 reproductions of drawings in full page and hors-texte. Ref: C. Duthuit, Les Livres Illustres, No. 9.; Monod 7847.Chemise is missing spine and is detached, some of the reproductions are lightly tanned but linocut is in very good condition.