Signed book: Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire. Vol. IV. No. 13. First edition. Paris, France: Editions de la Revue Verve, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.5 x 14, 62 pages, complete with its two color lithographs (highlighted by 'La Chute d'Icare'). Boldly signed and inscribed in blue ink on the title page, "En Hommage a Monette Vincent, respectueuse, affection, H. Matisse, Nice 28/4 50," who draws a beautiful cluster of four flowers in blue and red crayon around the page. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/G-, with offsetting to the 'La Chute d'Icare' lithograph, and substantial edge chipping, tears, and losses to the jacket (which lacks its spine and has two detached flaps inside). While little is known of the recipient, research shows that Simone 'Monette' Vincent was a particular favorite model of Matisse, who drew several portraits of her in 1942.
This item is Pre-Certified by PSA/DNA
Buy a third-party letter of authenticity for
$300.00
*This item has been pre-certified by a trusted third-party authentication service, and by placing a bid on this item, you agree to accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion rendered by a different authenticator of your choosing, you must do so prior to your placing of any bid. RR Auction is not responsible for differing opinions submitted 30 days after the date of the sale.
