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152 - [MATISSE].– ORLÉANS (Charles d’)
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Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
Description
[MATISSE].– ORLÉANS (Charles d’) Paris, Tériade Editeur, 1950. Poems. Folio (40.8 x 26.5 cm), loose-leaf, illustrated hardback with a raised spine, box. Famous edition entirely lithographed in colour by the Ateliers Mourlot, reproducing the calligraphic text and illustrations by Henri Matisse: 54 full-page illustrations (including 4 portraits and two scenes), 2 for the cover and numerous typographical ornaments. Limited edition of 1,230 numbered copies, all signed by the artist (no. 210). Minor smudges from the lithographs; otherwise a very fine copy. Bibliography: Duthuit, no. 28. Chapon, p. 297. Ray, *The Artist and the Book*, 202
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About the sale Books, Manuscripts & Antique Engravings, including the José Luis Dotti Library
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Auction time 09/23/2026 at 2:30 PM
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