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Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans

Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans

Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Publisher Tériade for les Éditions de la revue Verve, Paris, 1950
Printer Mourlot Frères, Paris
Author Charles d’Orléans (French, 1394-1465)
Date1950
DimensionsBook: H: 16 1/4 in. (413 mm); W: 10 1/2 in. (267 mm); Depth: 1 3/8 in. (35 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 16 1/16 in. (408 mm); W: 10 7/16 in. (265 mm).
MediumOriginal prints: 95 lithographs in colors (incl. borders and wrappers), incorporating the artist's handwritten text. Paper: Arches cream wove paper specially made for the edition.
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number
1984.735
Not on View
Label TextThe poetry of the 15th century royal author was ornamented by Matisse's lovely mult-colored fleur-de-lis design. This was Matisse's last illustrated book.Published Referencescf. Duthuit, Claude, , Paris, 1988, no. 28, reprs.

cf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 202.

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