Henri MATISSE: Catalogue Raisonne des Ouvrages Illustrés. DELUXE Edition de Duthuit, Claude - 1988

Duthuit, 1988. Henri MATISSE: Catalogue Raisonne des Ouvrages Illustrés. Duthuit, Claude. Paris: Duthuit, 1988. First edition, text in French and English; hundreds of quality illustrations; cloth in dust jacket. Catalogue raisonné of the illustrated books by Henri Matisse. Of the total edition of 2000 copies, this example is from the hors-commerce edition of 125 numbered copies, containing a laid-in loose original etching on Japon Impérial, stamped with artist's monogram. The preparatory drawing for this print was done by Matisse in 1932 for the book by Stéphane Mallarmé "Poésies", but it was not selected for the final version of the book. This etching was for the first time printed by the Matisse Atelier in 1987 to accompany 125 copies of this book distributed among contributors and artist's family. Ref,: Duthuit pp. 33-34 (ill'd as the 7th image of the 8 "Etudes").. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Matisse, Henri.