HENRI MATISSE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/21/1948 - HFSID 350461
Sale Price $2,762.50
Reg. $3,250.00
HENRI MATISSE
The renowned artist sends a request for a Larousse volume.
Autograph Letter signed: "H. Matisse". 1 page, 6x9, Vence, December 21, 1948. Translated
in full: “Dear Mr. Goldschmit / Will you please give to Mr. Gerard Matisse one of the
volumes of the Larousse for which I have subscribed. I beg you to accept the expression
of my distinguished sentiments.” Matisse wrote this note in December 1948 from his villa in
Vence on the Riviera, to request that Gerard Matisse be presented with a “Laroussse”. The
Pierre Larousse volumes, to which he refers, were a reprint of one of his major works.
Horizontal crease at center, otherwise fine condition. Framed to an overall size of 31 x 21¾.
French painter, sculptor, and printmaker Henri Matisse (1869-1954), who was
influenced by post-Impressionism, revolted against Pointillism, and became a leader of the
Fauvist school, although his later work moved in other directions. He was a master in the use
of form and color to convey emotion. A lifelong friend and rival of Pablo Picasso, Matisse
shared many similarities with his contemporary. However, he differed from Picasso in that
Matisse usually painted from nature.
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