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Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Original Prints: Ulysses, Paris 1937, and The Dance
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La maison publique or "Bataille de femmes" (Freiburg 219, Museé Matisse, Matisse L'Art du Livre p. 32). Original soft-ground etching, 1935. 1500 impressions for the Limited Editions Book Club edition of James Joyce's Ulysses published in 1935. There was also a separate suite of the 6 etchings signed and numbered by Matisse in an edition of of 150. Matisse did not read Joyce before executing the etchings, but instead he reread Homer's Odyssey. The prints were very well printed and are frequently included in books on Matisse and exhibitions of Matisse's works (and, in fact, they were on display at the Musée Matisse in Nice during the summers of 1986 and 1999). The justification papge was signed by Matisse, and purchasers of any of the etchings published with the book will receive a xerox of that justification. Image size: 275x214mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
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Odysseus and Nausicaa. (Freiburg 218, Museé Matisse, Matisse L'Art du Livre p. 32). Original soft-ground etching, 1935. 1500 impressions for the Limited Editions Book Club edition of James Joyce's Ulysses published in 1935. There was also a separae suite of the 6 etchings signed and numbered by Matisse in an edition of of 150. Matisse did not read Joyce before executing the etchings, but instead reread Homer's Odyssey. The prints were very well printed and are frequently included in books on Matisse and exhibitions of Matisse's works (and, in fact, they were on display at the Musée Matisse during the summers of 1986 and 1999). The justification papge was signed by Matisse, and purchasers of any of the etchings published with the book will receive a xerox of that justification). Image size: 270x2134mm. Price: SOLD.
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Odysseus blinding Polyphemus. (Freiburg 221Museé Matisse, Matisse L'Art du Livre p. 32). Original soft-ground etching, 1935. 1500 impressions for the Limited Editions Book Club edition of James Joyce's Ulysses published in 1935. There was also a separae suite of the 6 etchings signed and numbered by Matisse in an edition of of 150. Matisse did not read Joyce before executing the etchings, but instead reread Homer's Odyssey. The prints were very well printed and are frequently included in books on Matisse and exhibitions of Matisse's works (and, in fact, they were on display at the Musée Matisse during the summers of 1986 and 1999). The justification papge was signed by Matisse, and purchasers of any of the etchings published with the book will receive a xerox of that justification). Illustrated in Matisse: L'Art du Livre (Nice: Musee Matisse, 1986), p. 33. Image size: 270x2134mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
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La barque de Ulysse / Odysseus' ship. (Freiburg 220Museé Matisse, Matisse L'Art du Livre p. 32). Original soft-ground etching, 1935. 1500 impressions for the Limited Editions Book Club edition of James Joyce's Ulysses published in 1935. There was also a separae suite of the 6 etchings signed and numbered by Matisse in an edition of of 150. Matisse did not read Joyce before executing the etchings, but instead reread Homer's Odyssey. The prints were very well printed and are frequently included in books on Matisse and exhibitions of Matisse's works (and, in fact, they were on display at the Musée Matisse during the summers of 1986 and 1999). The justification papge was signed by Matisse, and purchasers of any of the etchings published with the book will receive a xerox of that justification). Illustrated in Matisse: L'Art du Livre (Nice: Musee Matisse, 1986), p. 123. Image size: 270x2134mm. Price: SOLD
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Ithaca / The Return. (Freiburg 223Museé Matisse, Matisse L'Art du Livre p. 32). Original soft-ground etching, 1935. 1500 impressions for the Limited Editions Book Club edition of James Joyce's Ulysses published in 1935. There was also a separae suite of the 6 etchings signed and numbered by Matisse in an edition of of 150. Matisse did not read Joyce before executing the etchings, but instead reread Homer's Odyssey. The prints were very well printed and are frequently included in books on Matisse and exhibitions of Matisse's works (and, in fact, they were on display at the Musée Matisse during the summers of 1986 and 1999). The justification papge was signed by Matisse, and purchasers of any of the etchings published with the book will receive a xerox of that justification). Image size: 270x2134mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
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And now for something completely different, as Monty Python used to say:
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Notre Dame. (Freiburg 232). Original etching, 1937. 500 impressions for Paris 1937 (a deluxe volume dedicated to Paris with etchings by Matisse, Vlaminck, Derain, Bonnard, and many others) + proofs with on large paper with wide margins, of which ours is one. Paris 1937 was one of the grand collective projects of the middle third of the 20th century and included orginal etchings by 31 artists including Matisse, Gromaire, Vlaminck, Derain, Dufy, Laurencin, Bonnard, Kisling, and Dunoyer de Segonzac, among others. Signed in the plate. Image size: 340x264mm. Price: SOLD.
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954), La Danse (Duthuit books 67). Original color lithograph, 1938. Edition unknown (c. 1200 as published in Verve, in 1938). This work was produced by Matisse for Verve and printed under his supervision. There are two original linoleum cuts printed on the reverse. Matisse had painted two versions of his famous painting of the same title, one in the Barnes Collection, the other in the Hermitage Museum. This is his celebration of the Dance for a larger audience. With the usual centerfold. Image size: 356x521mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
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