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MATISSE Henri (1869-1954).
The item was sold for 1 105 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
MATISSE Henri (1869-1954).
L.A.S. "H. Matisse", Vence December 9, 1944, to Henry de MONTHERLANT| 4 pages in-8.
On the sale of their illustrated books.
"It's understood: "Le précieux Livre" will be sold in France, but what has become of the others? Namely: Thèmes &| Variations: six copies, including 1 on japon &| 1 on arches". They were supposed to be sold in Switzerland, by the publisher Skira, but he has no news of them. He wants to sell these books in France, "but we'll have to get them in. As for Pasiphaé, the edition is out of print. You can sell the American officer a copy from your collection. Its issue price is 15,000 on arches -
since the edition is out of print, you can ask for 20,000, please. Are your copies signed by me?
He encourages her to leave icy Paris for a milder climate: here the weather is fine, the day is "warmed by the clear &| cheerful sun.
[...] From everything I read and hear repeated about life in Paris, I have little desire to taste it. - I'm staying right here in Vence, where the beefsteak is rare, but "the vegetable" and "the fruit" are good enough so far. Of course, intellectual exchanges are lacking, but it seems to me that in Paris, they are rather tinged with animosity, and too picturesque for me, who is already half out of the world"...
L.A.S. "H. Matisse", Vence December 9, 1944, to Henry de MONTHERLANT| 4 pages in-8.
On the sale of their illustrated books.
"It's understood: "Le précieux Livre" will be sold in France, but what has become of the others? Namely: Thèmes &| Variations: six copies, including 1 on japon &| 1 on arches". They were supposed to be sold in Switzerland, by the publisher Skira, but he has no news of them. He wants to sell these books in France, "but we'll have to get them in. As for Pasiphaé, the edition is out of print. You can sell the American officer a copy from your collection. Its issue price is 15,000 on arches -
since the edition is out of print, you can ask for 20,000, please. Are your copies signed by me?
He encourages her to leave icy Paris for a milder climate: here the weather is fine, the day is "warmed by the clear &| cheerful sun.
[...] From everything I read and hear repeated about life in Paris, I have little desire to taste it. - I'm staying right here in Vence, where the beefsteak is rare, but "the vegetable" and "the fruit" are good enough so far. Of course, intellectual exchanges are lacking, but it seems to me that in Paris, they are rather tinged with animosity, and too picturesque for me, who is already half out of the world"...