Henri Matisse
Handwritten and playfully decorated manuscript by Matisse, one page, 8 x 5.25, no date. Matisse pens a verse from a ballad by Charles d'Orleans for his fantastic 1950 lithograph suite, 'Poemes de Charles d'Orleans,' in full: "Guerir ne se puet maladie / Par phisique, ne cireurgie, / Astronomians n'enchanteurs, / Des maulx que seuffrent povres cueurs / Par le vent de merencolie." Matisse enlarges the leading "G," written in red pencil and circled in ink, and adds a blue pencil paraph along the bottom. In fine condition, with a tiny hole to the lower left corner, and a small piece of tape and two small tape stains to the lower edge. A superb example of Matisse's modern illumination.
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Handwritten and playfully decorated manuscript by Matisse, one page, 8 x 5.25, no date. Matisse pens a verse from a ballad by Charles d'Orleans for his fantastic 1950 lithograph suite, 'Poemes de Charles d'Orleans,' in full: "Guerir ne se puet maladie / Par phisique, ne cireurgie, / Astronomians n'enchanteurs, / Des maulx que seuffrent povres cueurs / Par le vent de merencolie." Matisse enlarges the leading "G," written in red pencil and circled in ink, and adds a blue pencil paraph along the bottom. In fine condition, with a tiny hole to the lower left corner, and a small piece of tape and two small tape stains to the lower edge. A superb example of Matisse's modern illumination.
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