Charles d'ORLEANS: Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans manuscrits et / Signed 1st 1950

by MATISSE, Henri] d'ORLEANS, Charles

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Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans, manuscrits et illustrés par Henri Matisse Author: [MATISSE, Henri] d'ORLEANS, Charles Title: Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans, manuscrits et illustrés par Henri Matisse Publication: [Paris], Tériade Editeur, [1950] Edition: First Edition Description: Folio, 103 pages (except for the letterpress limitation page, all are colour lithographs). Loose, as issued, in the original plain card covers, with the two-colour folding lithographed dustwrapper and plain glassine dustwrapper; leading and bottom edges uncut; some faint offsetting internally; a couple of trifling smudges; essentially a fine copy with the dustwrapper very slightly foxed, and with the glassine dustwrapper almost imperceptibly worn at the extremities (and now housed in a later custom-made card case). Number 417 of 1200 copies signed by Henri Matisse (a further 30 hors commerce copies were also produced). This delightful artist's book, comprising 26 double-sided sheets of colour lithographs, was entirely designed by Matisse, including the calligraphy, decorations and illustrations. The lithographs were printed under Matisse's direction by Mourlot Frères on a heavy wove paper specially produced by the Arches paperworks. Matisse was enamoured of the rondeaux, ballades and chansons of Charles, Duke of Orleans (1394-1465). Seller ID: 140766 Subject: Art, Signed Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 1976,

• Publisher: Tériade Editeur
• Year: 1950
• Condition: Very Good

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