Portrait of Henri Matisse taking a stroll in front of the Chapelle Matisse in Vence

by Henri Matisse, Dmitri Kessel, photographer

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

Printed circa 1980? Gelatin silver print. SIGNED by the photographer lower right, beneath the image, and dated 1951. 1 vols. 12-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. Item #232449 Superb, large portrait of the artist in front of his famous Chapel, the work he considered his magnum opus, and which he completed in 1951, the year this photo was taken by the acclaimed Russian-born LIFE photographer, Dmitri Kessel.

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