244 - Henri Matisse - Charles d’Orléans. Poems. Manuscripts and illustrations by Henri Matisse. Paris, Tériade 1950. With 100 full-page color lithographs, some with lithographed text. Loose double-sheets in a color-lithographed original cover. In a cardboard slipcase.

Henri Matisse - Charles d’Orléans. Poems. Manuscripts and illustrations by Henri Matisse. Paris, Tériade 1950. With 100 full-page color lithographs, some with lithographed text. Loose double-sheets in a color-lithographed original cover. In a cardboard slipcase. Auction call time: approx. 3:12 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 1,200 copies on Vélin d’Arches, plus 30 “hors commerce” copies. - Signed by the artist in the printer’s mark. - The text written by Matisse on the lithographic stones was embellished by him with colored borders and full-page variations of the “Fleur de lys.” The five full-sheet portraits are of particular artistic appeal. - All lithographs are in black, red, green, blue, yellow, and violet, all printed by Mourlot Frères under the artist’s supervision. - A very fine copy of this artist’s book, which at first glance may seem somewhat “disrespectful” in its playfulness toward the king’s poetry. Duthuit/Garnaud 28. - Monod 8773. - Rauch 174. - A&B 202 41.0 × 27.5 cm. 100, [4] pages. English description: With 100 full-page color lithographs, some with lithographed text. Loose double sheets in an original color-lithographed protective wrapper. Cardboard slipcase. One of 1,200 copies on Vélin d’Arches, plus 30 “hors commerce” copies. - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - The text written by Matisse on the lithographic stones was embellished by him with colored borders and full-page variations of the “Fleur de lys.” The five full-sheet portraits are of particular graphic appeal. - All lithographs in black, red, green, blue, yellow, and violet, all printed by Mourlot Frères under the artist’s supervision. - A very fine copy of this artist’s book, which at first glance may seem somewhat “disrespectful” in its playful take on the king’s poetry. slipcase ?????????