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MATISSE (Henri), PICASSO (Pablo), LAURENCIN (Marie), ELUARD …
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MATISSE (Henri), PICASSO (Pablo), LAURENCIN (Marie), ELUARD …
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Estimate €300 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
MATISSE (Henri), PICASSO (Pablo), LAURENCIN (Marie), ELUARD (Paul). Dedicated to elegance.
Very handsome advertising album with hors-texte lithographs by Henri Matisse, Marie Laurencin, Bérard and Picasso.
S.l., Mercure-Publicité and Union nationale des intellectuels, 1945.
In-4 (240 x 330 mm). In sheets, in a filled cover illustrated in colour by Christian Bérard.
Unpaginated; [4] plates, three in colour and one in black.
Small crack on the second cover (mute); slight transfers.
First edition. Unique edition on Marais vellum, limited to 2000 numbered copies, this one no. 183.
A luxurious album produced under the direction of Boris Kochno for the evenings organised by the Union Nationale des Intellectuels in aid of the Maison de la Midinette. The illustrations include hors-texts by Matisse (lithograph), Picasso (line drawing), Marie Laurencin (lithograph) and Touchagues (lithograph), a colour cover by Christian Bérard, and full-page black illustrations by Fougeron, Valentine Hugo and Jean Effel.
Prestigious literary collaboration: texts by Jean Cassou, Paul Éluard, Clara Malraux, Armand Salacrou, André Ulmann and Jean Wiener.
The publication is enhanced by a beautiful colour lithograph by Matisse, depicting a woman in yellow and blue with a guitar, radiant with grace and modernity.
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About the sale
Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
Auction location
Auction time
06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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