MATISSE (Henri). Jazz. - Lot 247

MATISSE (Henri). Jazz. A superb facsimile edition of Matisse’s famous illustrated book, originally published by Tériade in 1947, containing twenty color plates featuring some of the artist’s most beautiful paper cutouts. New York, George Braziller for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1983. Folio, loose-leaf, in a pearl-gray slipcase, midnight blue half-cloth binding with gray title, title vignette on the front cover. XVIII, 146 pp., 20 color plates, including 15 double-page spreads. First edition of this magnificent facsimile, printed under the auspices of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Introduction by Riva Castleman, translation by Sophie Hawkes. Excellent condition.