Binding: Hardcover,Language: English,Illustrator: HENRI MATISSE,Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Rare out of Print, Lithograph Print Illustrations,Signed: No,Author: Gaston Diehl,Publisher: Editions Pierre Tisne, Paris,Topic: Fine Arts: Monographs,Country of Origin: France,Subject: Art & Photography,Year Printed: 1958,Original/Facsimile: Original THIS HENRI MATISSE RARE VINTAGE 1958 FIRST EDITION FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINT LARGE VOLUME FRENCH MODERN ART HARDCOVER BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE HARDCOVER ART BOOK WITH LIGHT GRAY LINEN COVERED BOARDS, EMBOSSED COVER AND SPINE TITLES, AND LITHOGRAPH PRINT PLATE MOUNTED FRONT PIECE IS PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS PIERRE TISNE, PARIS. PRINTED IN FRANCE IN 1958. IT FEATURES AN EXPANSIVE MONOGRAPH SURVEY COLLECTION OF THE ARTWORKS OF HENRI MATISSE, WITH ACCOMPANIED COMPELLING CRITICAL SURVEY TEXT AUTHORED BY GASTON DIEHL, AND ANALYTICAL NOTICES BY AGNES HUMBERT. HENRI MATISSE ( 1869 - 1954 ) THE FRENCH BORN ARTIST IS KNOWN FOR BOTH HIS SENSE OF COLOR AND FLUID AESTHETIC. MATISSE IS COMMONLY REGARDED, ALONG WITH PICASSO AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS WHO HELPED TO DEFINE AND INFLUENCE RADICAL CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. HIS MASTERY OF THE EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE OF COLOR AND DRAWING WON HIM RECOGNITION AS A LEADING FIGURE IN WORLD MODERN ART. ARTWORKS BY MATISSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS. GASTON DIEHL WAS AN ART CRITIC, JOURNALIST, AND FILM DIRECTOR WHO DEVELOPED A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH HENRI MATISSE BEGINNING IN THE 1940'S. DIEHL WAS DEEPLY INSPIRED BY MATISSE AND FUELED BY THEIR MUTAL INTEREST IN ART WHICH LEAD TO AN EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, AND HIS COLLABORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS ABOUT THE ARTIST. DIEHL SPENT MANY YEARS DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING MATISSE'S WORK, LIFE, AND ARTISTIC VENTURES. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE HENRI MATISSE AND FRENCH MODERN ART FANS AND COLLECTORS AS THIS EXQUISITE FINE ART LITHOGRAPH PRINT ART BOOK IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND. THIS SPECIAL VOLUME PRESENTS 192 ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING 40 BEAUTIFUL HAND TIPPED FULL COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINT PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST EDITION LARGE VOLUME HARDCOVER MODERN ART BOOK MEASURES 9" W X 11 1/4" H X 1 1/4" D, WITH 310 PAGES. IT FEATURES 192 ILLUSTRATIONS, WRITINGS AND SAYINGS OF MATISSE, ANALYTICAL NOTICES, CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, BRIEF BIOGRAPHY, AND AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, USE, LIGHT TO MODERATE SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE VISIBLE WEAR. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE.