Rare, Hard-to-Find Books

Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich
New York
1972
ISBN: 0151399956
Two volumes: Hardcovers in very good to near fine condition, in very good jackets, in very good slipcase.
 Matisse (illustrator).
First American Edition
Quatro

 Matisse began exhibiting in 1896 and at first was unsuccessful. In 1905 at Collioure, a Mediterranean village, he began using pure primary color as a significant structural element. His portrait of Mme Matisse, known as The Green Line (1905; State Mus., Copenhagen), exemplifies this abstract, intellectual use of color. In 1905 he exhibited at the Salon d’automne with the group of artists called fauves [Fr.,=wild beasts], so named for their remarkable, exuberant use of color. Matisse became a leader of fauvism, delighting in vivid color for its sensual and decorative value.

 

Two volume set book offered.

 

$115.00

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