ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 20, 1949. Letter concerning a collaboration with novelist Colette. In part (translated): "Thank you for you letter which makes me quite happy. Although [the prospect of] Colette's collaboration is very important to me, I was remaining in obscurity, full of hope. When she has a chance to think of me, that will make me happy." Handsomely mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait of Matisse in his studio to an overall size of 15 x 22. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and edge creasing; Matisse's last name is very bold as he apparently switched pens due to dwindling ink flow. The collaboration he discusses may be for Colette's La Vagabonde, published in 1951, which included a lithograph portrait frontispiece by Matisse. A beautifully presented letter offering a desirable connection between French art and literature.
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