Henri Matisse

Property from the Ferber Family Collection

Henri Matisse

1869 - 1954

Pasiphaé (Duthuit 38)

each numbered in pencil 42/100; also numbered 42 on the justification page

the complete book, comprising 87 linoleum cuts in two volumes, five printed in red, on Rives BFK wove paper, with five additional linoleum cuts printed in blue on the paper wrappers, loose (as issued), with the justification, table of contents and text by H. de Montherlant and Dominique Bozo, contained in the original paper wrappers, paper-covered boards and slipcase

the largest image: 11½ by 12½ in. 293 by 319 mm.

sheets: 12¾ by 9⅞ in. 323 by 250 mm.

overall: 13¾ by 10⅝ by 3⅝ in. 350 by 270 by 93 mm.

Executed in 1944, printed in 1981; this example is number 42 from the posthumous edition of 100, with the blindstamp of the publisher, the Matisse Estate.

(92 prints)