HENRI MATISSE

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HENRI MATISSE

MATISSE, Henri, Jazz. Paris: Tériade, 1947, 2° (420 x 326mm.) (Duthuit 22)

pochoirs printed in colours, 1947, on Arches, title, lithographic text with en-texte motifs, list of plates, justification and set of twenty, fine, fresh impressions, signed in pencil on the justification, copy number 51 from the edition of 250 (there was also an hors commerce edition of twenty and a portfolio edition of 100), the full sheets as published, deckle edges at the right, pl. 2 with a very soft diagonal crease lower left, otherwise in good condition, loose in original paper wrappers, within grey paper boards and slipcase, with title and lithographic motif and label on spine, small defects

Lot Essay

Matisse worked on the illustrations for Jazz during 1943 using paper cut-out designs. The pochoir technique which he developed perfectly recreated the brilliant colours and bold shapes of the cut-outs. When the book was published in 1947 it met with an unprecedented success.

Matisse wrote: "Ces images aux timbres vifs et violents sont venues de cristallations de souvenirs du cirque, de contes populaires ou de voyages. J'ai fait des pages d'écritures pour apaiser les réactions simultanées de mes improvations chromatiques, et rythmées, pages formant un 'fond sonore' qui les porte, les entoure et protège ainsi leurs particularités." (D. Fourcade, Henri Matisse, écrits et propos sur l'art, Hermann, Paris, 1972)

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