Henri MATISSE

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with a vignette by Henri Matisse on the cover.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands lightly faded, gilt date at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.
Handsomely bound copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours specially printed for Robert Garric.
Preface by Marshal Pétain, contributions by Henry Bordeaux, Louis Madelin, Paul Valéry, General Weygand...
Cover illustrated with a drawing by Henri Matisse, iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 2,000 numbered copies on wove paper.

Publisher's full burgundy morocco-grained sheepskin, smooth spine, covers framed with double gilt fillets, burgundy paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, burgundy morocco-edged slipcase with sides covered in burgundy paper.

A few minor stains to the slipcase.

Illustrated with works by Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque...

An attractive copy.

Poignant signed presentation inscription from Louis Aragon: "A Jean-Pierre Lecointre le dernier livre de moi qu'Elsa aura lu. Aragon."

Exposition Henri Matisse [Matisse Exhibition]Rare first edition of the catalogue of Henri Matisse's second personal exhibition, assembling 58 of the artist's paintings, held at the Galerie Duret between 19 March and 7 April 1906.
Following the famous Salon d'Automne in October 1905, Matisse individually presents his scandalous canvases painted during his stay in Collioure, accompanied by André Derain, at the Galerie Druet. These brightly coloured pieces, largely inspired by Gauguin, set the principles of Fauvism and provoked much criticism. The Galerie Druet catalogue includes 4 of the 10 paintings by Matisse exhibited in the “Fauves”...

First edition of the catalogue listing 58 works by Henri Matisse exhibited at Galerie Bernheim Jeune & Cie from October 15 to November 6, 1920.

Upper cover slightly faded along the left margin, printed stamp to upper left corner of the verso of the front cover, otherwise a rare and attractive copy.

Illustrated catalogue featuring 19 reproductions of the artist's works.

Introductory text by Charles Vildrac.

 

First edition of some parts and illustrated with 6 original drawings by Henri Matisse, one of 1150 numbered hors commerce copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy.

Three publicity leaflets for Les Cahiers du Cap, an anti-Semitic and anti-modern magazine: “Matisse, is Bernheim! Picasso is Rosenberg!” – “Living art is a new Panama scandal” – “Trafficking of modern painting is nothing but a snatch-and-grab robbery”
First edition of each of these scarce publicity leaflets presenting the magazine created and led by Marcel Hiver in 1924 Les Cahiers du Cap:
– Picasso, c'est Rosenberg !” “Matisse, is Bernheim! Picasso, is Rosenberg!”
– “What Mr. André Salmon, the prince of the mumblers of contemporary criticism, baptized with astonishing insolence: “Living Art” turns out, finally, to be a...

First edition of this selection of texts collected by Dominique Fourcade.
Spine creased, complete with publisher's mimeographed slip.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Dominique Fourcade to André Masson.

“L'Eau” – Catalogue of the exhibition devoted to water at the Georges Bernheim jeune gallery from 26 June to 13 July 1911
Galerie Georges Bernheim jeune &Cie

| Paris 1911 | 12.5 x 16.5 cm | stapled

First edition of this exhibition catalogue showing 63 works to do with water at the Georges Bernheim jeune gallery from 26 June to 13 July 1911.
A good and rare copy despite a faint marginal dampstain to upper cover.

Among the exhibiting artists were: Pierre Bonnard, Eugène Boudin, Paul Cézanne,
Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Henri-Edmond Cross, Honoré Daumier, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Maurice Denis, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse Maximilien Luce, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet...

Handwritten, signed letter by Henri Matisse to Eva Blackburn

2 December 1950, 20.8 x 26.7 cm, one leaf

Signed letter by Henri Matisse, handwritten in black ink. Envelope attached.

Attached is a transcription of the letter in English on small paper butterfly removed from a spiralbound notebook.
While the Chapelle du Rosaire is under construction, Henri Matisse writes this letter to a young unknown English woman from his studio room at the Hotel Régina in Nice. The recipient named Eva Blackburn was to join him at the beginning of the following year. Matisse, immersed in his work as a church builder for the Dominican Sisters of Vence, painted the exterior ceramic tondo crowning the stained glass...

Illustrated edition of 12 original lithographs hors-texte by Henri Matisse and printed in 370 numbered copies on vellum to shape, ours one of the 315 numbered in Arabic numerals.
The book is also decorated with an original composition by Henri Matisse reproduced in stencil in yellow and white on the covers as well as with 6 linocuts: 2 headbands, 2 culs-de-lumière and 2 drop caps.
Back of the shirt slightly exposed, small spots on the flats of the case.
Pleasant copy in spite of small freckles without gravity mainly affecting some sheets in their margins.
Handwritten signatures of André Rouveyre and Henri Matisse, in pencil, below the justification for the print.

Midis gagnés
First edition for some parts with six original drawings by Henri Matisse, one of 150 numbered hors commerce copies on alfa paper reserved as advance copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Tzara to the poet Guy Lavaud.
Spine slightly sunned, stain to upper cover, occasional foxing, principally to the margins of some leaves.

First edition.
Contributions by Léon Werth, Régis Gignoux, André Billy (on Paul Léautaud), Marcel Ray (on Georges Grosz), Ernest Tisserand, René Arcos, George Besson.
Copy enhanced with sketches by Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Albert Marquet, Henri Matisse, George Grosz, Renoir, etc.
Two slight tears at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.