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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

A work made of unbound book with letterpress in black ink, 127 lithographs in red ink and one lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper.
© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of unbound book with letterpress in black ink, 127 lithographs in red ink and one lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper.

Date:

1948

Artist:

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
poems by Pierre de Ronsard (French, 1524-1585), selected by Matisse
lithographs printed by Mourlot Frères (French, 1852–1994)
text printed by George Girard (French, 20th century)
published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904–1973)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1948

Medium

Unbound book with letterpress in black ink, 127 lithographs in red ink and one lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed on the last page lower center, below colophon, in pen and black ink and in pen and blue ink: “H. Matisse AS”

Dimensions

Book, closed: 39.3 × 30 × 6.5 cm (15 1/2 × 11 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Slipcase: 40.3 × 30.5 × 7.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 × 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.498

Copyright

© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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