Henri Matisse, (1869-1954)
Les Lettres Portugaises, by Marianna Alcaforado, deluxe edition with extra suite
Les Lettres Portugaises, by Marianna Alcaforado, deluxe edition with extra suite (Duthuit 15), 1946
Complete portfolio with text, comprising 15 lithographs and 90 color lithograph ornamental illustrations on Arches paper, signed in ink on the justification page, and numbered 13 from the edition of 250, with an extra suite of 12 lithographs (one of 80 deluxe copies with an extra suite), loose as issued, each the full sheet, published/printed by Tériade/Mourlot, Paris, in original slipcase with paper wrappers. (117 works)
each sheet 10 1/2 x 8 1/4in (26.5 x 21cm)
The passionate letters of a Portuguese nun, Sóror Mariana Alcoforado (1640-1723) to her unfaithful lover, a French officer, was first printed in 1669 to great acclaim. Matisse's interest in religious orders would continue the following year with his design of the Chapelle du Rosaire (called the Matisse Chapel) in 1947-1951 in the town of Vence, near Nice.
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Les Lettres Portugaises, by Marianna Alcaforado, deluxe edition with extra suite
Les Lettres Portugaises, by Marianna Alcaforado, deluxe edition with extra suite (Duthuit 15), 1946
Complete portfolio with text, comprising 15 lithographs and 90 color lithograph ornamental illustrations on Arches paper, signed in ink on the justification page, and numbered 13 from the edition of 250, with an extra suite of 12 lithographs (one of 80 deluxe copies with an extra suite), loose as issued, each the full sheet, published/printed by Tériade/Mourlot, Paris, in original slipcase with paper wrappers. (117 works)
each sheet 10 1/2 x 8 1/4in (26.5 x 21cm)
The passionate letters of a Portuguese nun, Sóror Mariana Alcoforado (1640-1723) to her unfaithful lover, a French officer, was first printed in 1669 to great acclaim. Matisse's interest in religious orders would continue the following year with his design of the Chapelle du Rosaire (called the Matisse Chapel) in 1947-1951 in the town of Vence, near Nice.
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