MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954). Jazz . Paris: Tériade, 1947.
MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954). Jazz . Paris: Tériade, 1947. 2° (420 x 330mm). Text lithographed throughout, 20 stencilled colour plates, 15 of which double page, all mounted on stubs to ease viewing. (Very faint offsetting onto title from the facing plate.) Finely bound by Rose Adler and finished by Guy Raphaël, stamped and dated 1953, preserving the original wrappers, the upper cover in tan morocco with a mosaic of variously coloured morocco and calf onlays and with an abstracted design of rules and arcs tooled in white, silver and black forming the title ‘Jazz’, the lower cover in black crushed morocco, the spine panel divided lengthwise into tan and black morocco halves and titled across the spine with morocco onlays of the opposite colour, the author’s name at the spine head in white and silver, the covers lined with suede, green and beige at the front, fuchsia and purple at the back, edges in silver, slipcase covered in silver textured paper and edged in black morocco, and with matching black morocco backed chemise (chemise and slipcase with light wear). A MASTERPIECE OF 20TH-CENTURY BOOK ART IN A STUNNING CONTEMPORARY INLAID BINDING BY ROSE ADLER. An exuberant celebration of jazz music, Jazz is illustrated with 20 stencils printed in colour after original cut paper compositions and collages by Matisse. The autograph text by Matisse is reproduced in lithographic facsimile, and the covers also reproduce the artist's handwritten original title. ‘ Jazz is the only publication of which Matisse was both author and illustrator’ ( The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 ). This copy is in an exceptional, contemporary inlaid binding by Rose Adler. Its colourful and grand decoration riffing on Matisse’s joyful illustrations. Copies bound near the time of publication are uncommon; this one, dated 1953, only six years after publication, is one of the finest ever executed . Number 217 of 270 copies on Vé lin d'Arches . The Artist and the Book 1860-1960, 200; Castleman, A Century of Artist Books, 1994, p. 96.
MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954). Jazz . Paris: Tériade, 1947.
MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954). Jazz . Paris: Tériade, 1947. 2° (420 x 330mm). Text lithographed throughout, 20 stencilled colour plates, 15 of which double page, all mounted on stubs to ease viewing. (Very faint offsetting onto title from the facing plate.) Finely bound by Rose Adler and finished by Guy Raphaël, stamped and dated 1953, preserving the original wrappers, the upper cover in tan morocco with a mosaic of variously coloured morocco and calf onlays and with an abstracted design of rules and arcs tooled in white, silver and black forming the title ‘Jazz’, the lower cover in black crushed morocco, the spine panel divided lengthwise into tan and black morocco halves and titled across the spine with morocco onlays of the opposite colour, the author’s name at the spine head in white and silver, the covers lined with suede, green and beige at the front, fuchsia and purple at the back, edges in silver, slipcase covered in silver textured paper and edged in black morocco, and with matching black morocco backed chemise (chemise and slipcase with light wear). A MASTERPIECE OF 20TH-CENTURY BOOK ART IN A STUNNING CONTEMPORARY INLAID BINDING BY ROSE ADLER. An exuberant celebration of jazz music, Jazz is illustrated with 20 stencils printed in colour after original cut paper compositions and collages by Matisse. The autograph text by Matisse is reproduced in lithographic facsimile, and the covers also reproduce the artist's handwritten original title. ‘ Jazz is the only publication of which Matisse was both author and illustrator’ ( The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 ). This copy is in an exceptional, contemporary inlaid binding by Rose Adler. Its colourful and grand decoration riffing on Matisse’s joyful illustrations. Copies bound near the time of publication are uncommon; this one, dated 1953, only six years after publication, is one of the finest ever executed . Number 217 of 270 copies on Vé lin d'Arches . The Artist and the Book 1860-1960, 200; Castleman, A Century of Artist Books, 1994, p. 96.
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