Matisse, Henri — Henri Matisse: Jazz

Munich, Germany, R. Piper & Co, 1961. Hardbound. Small, oblong, colored paper-covered boards. 51 pp. 16 full-page color reproductions. Closing index pages have a few spots of light foxing, otherwise, interior appears clean and bright; illustrations remain vibrant. Published for members of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; The Museum of Modern Art was honored in 1948 in receiving, as a gift of the artist, one of the 100 copies without text of Matisse's portfolio "Jazz". The completed set of plates has twice been exhibited at the Museum in 1948 and again in the summer 1960 .. the plates in this volume have been reproduced from the 1947 Paris publication of Editions Verve. Of the twenty plates in the original portfolio, sixteen have been selected, with certain pages of Henri Matisse's accompanying text."--Verso Page, WorldCat. VG (edge-wear to boards w/ lift of the paper at the top of the spine. rubbing to corners & spine ends) .