HENRI MATISSE - Verve Vol IV, No 13 - Including the Frontispice Lithograph "de La Couleur"and the Famous First Version of the Lithograph "la Chute D'Icare" -

HENRI MATISSE. Verve Vol IV, No 13 - Including the Frontispice
Lithograph "de La Couleur"and the Famous First Version of the Lithograph "la
Chute D'Icare" -. Paris: Revue De Verve, 1945. 1st Edition. 360 X 268 Mm. Hard
Cover. Very Good / Poor. Pages unnumbered, illustrated in B&W and color plates.
Text in French. - Verve Vol IV, No 13 - Including the Frontispice Lithograph "de
La Couleur"and the Famous First Version of the Lithograph "la Chute D'Icare" -
This is the first Verve Issue after the war, november '45. Made and ment to be
published in the summer of '43. In this issue the first study of the iconic
"Chute de Icare" was published. Only two years later a slightly different
version showed up in the completely lithographed edition of Jazz Published by
Mourlot. This lithograph of the earlier version is in almost perfect condition,
there is one tiny chip on the edge of the right hand side missing. The jackt;
specialy designd by Matisse for this issue is quite fine on the front and the
back side, wear on the corners and on the spine.  
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