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MATISSE, HENRI. Thèmes et Variations. 1943
MATISSE, HENRI. Thèmes et Variations. French text by Louis Aragon and a poem by Tristan Tzara. Linocut frontispiece, small in-text lithographed illustrations, and numerous lithographed plates after drawings by Matisse. 4to, contents loose as issued in original wrappers lettered in red; publisher''s board portfolio with ties. Beautiful copy. Paris: Fabiani, 1943
- Notes: number 149 of 920 copies on vélin pur fil from a total edition of 950. The last fourteen years of Matisse''s life were among his most productive. Having recovered from major cancer surgery, this "second life," as he called it, allowed him to explore his draughtsmanship skills. The "themes" are generally charcoal studies of women, flowers, and still-lives that are reworked into fluid, spontaneous "variations" in pen or conte crayon. A scarce and important work. Duthuit 9; Monod 7847.
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