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TRIBUTE. December 1943 - June 1944. 2 folio volumes,...

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TRIBUTE. December 1943 - June 1944. 2 folio volumes, only issued, in sheets with publisher's filled covers. The first volume illustrated with reproductions of two nudes by Maillol, including 1 double-page, two expressions by Matisse, a double-page black satire by Picasso, a double-page black symphony by Dufy and a poem by Pierre Emmanuel illustrated by Léon Zack (lacking a study by Bonnard). Limited edition of 1,030 numbered copies, this one no. 783. The second volume contains 4 pages of a portrait of Matisse by André Rouveyre, illustrated with a frontispiece by Leonor Fini, an original silver photograph of Matisse by Brassaï, reproductions of 10 drawings by Matisse accompanied by two tracings and a facsimile of the artist's handwritten list, and 2 poems in facsimile by Paul Eluard. Limited edition of 1050 numbered copies, this one no. 728. (brown spots) Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio.