Sale 646: Art & Illustration, with Asian & Asian-American Material (#646) 06/28/2018 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 27 of 364:
Portraits by Henri Matisse 1954  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$570
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200

Title:
Portraits par Henri Matisse

Author:
Matisse, Henri

Place:
Monte Carlo

Publisher:
André Sauret

Date:
1954

Description:

151, [2] pp. Illustrated with 60 full-page duotone plates and 33 tipped-in color plates, plus an original lithograph frontispiece and original cover design by Henri Matisse. (4to), original wrappers with color cover by Matisse, glassine, chemise, slipcase. No. 2246 of 2850 copies. First Edition.

With the decorative bookplate of Esther I. Ritterman. One of the more popular art books by Matisse with color portraits. Matisse selected the portraits, wrote the introduction, and designed the book and its color cover.


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Condition:
Wear, soiling and some sunning to slipcase with splitting at edges; light wear to chemise with sunning to spine, toning to glassine with a few small tears; first few blank leaves detached and laid in, frontispiece and title page nearly detached; about very good.


 
Item number:
292810
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