Henri Matisse
(1869-1954)
JOYCE, James. Ulysses. With an introduction by Stuart Gilbert and illustrations by Henri Matisse, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935, 4°, number 58 of 1500 copies, signed by Matisse, 6 soft-ground etchings, 20 facsimiles of sketches on coloured paper, original brown pictorial buckram, gilt, slipcase.
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JOYCE, James. Ulysses. With an introduction by Stuart Gilbert and illustrations by Henri Matisse, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935, 4°, number 58 of 1500 copies, signed by Matisse, 6 soft-ground etchings, 20 facsimiles of sketches on coloured paper, original brown pictorial buckram, gilt, slipcase.
The first illustrated edition of this work and one of the few American livres de peintres issued before World War II. This text is based on that of the second edition of the Odyssey Press. [The Artist and the Book, 1860-1960 p.197; Slocum and Cahoon A22]
The first illustrated edition of this work and one of the few American livres de peintres issued before World War II. This text is based on that of the second edition of the Odyssey Press. [The Artist and the Book, 1860-1960 p.197; Slocum and Cahoon A22]