May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 5,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
MATISSE, HENRI. Dessins: Thèmes et Variations. French text by Louis Aragon and a poem by Tristan Tzara. Linocut frontispiece, small in-text lithographed illustration, and numerous lithographed plates after drawings by Matisse. 4to, contents loose as issued in original wrappers, toned; small crease to top of colophon, strong vertical crease along left margin of title-page/frontispiece leaf, occasional minor crease along edge of some plates; board portfolio with ties, worn, lacks spine. number 868 of 950 copies on Vélin pur fil. Monod 7847; Duthuit 9. Paris, 1943