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To Do: Matisse & the Book Arts at The Morgan


  • Dernières oeuvres de Matisse 1950–1954, Paris: Éditions de la Revue Verve, 1958, by Henri Matisse;
    Frances and Michael Baylson Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
    photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015


  • Icarus, pochoir, plate VIII, Jazz, 1947, Paris: Éditions de la Revue Verve, 1958, by Henri Matisse;
    Frances and Michael Baylson Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
    photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015


  • Illustration in Pierre Reverdy, 1889–1960, Les jockeys camouflés: trois poèmes par Monsieur Pierre Reverdy, agrémentés de cinq dessins inédits de Monsieur Henri Matisse, Paris: Se trouve à la Belle Édition, 1918, by Henri Matisse; Frances and Michael Baylson Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015


  • Henri Matisse in the Bois de Boulogne, gift of the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, 1997, The Morgan Library & Museum
    © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


  • Circus, pochoir, plate II in Jazz, 1947, by Henri Matisse;
    Frances and Michael Baylson Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
    photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015


  • Le Toboggan, pochoir, plate XX in Jazz, 1947, by Henri Matisse;
    Frances and Michael Baylson Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
    photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015


  • Cutout cover designs for Repli, 1947, by Henri Matisse;
    The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection, New York © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
    photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015


  • Frontispiece and title page, Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans, Paris: Tériade Éditeur, 1950, by Henri Matisse;
    Frances and Michael Baylson Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
    photographed by Graham S. Haber, 2015
Among Henri Matisse’s many artistic talents — paintings, cut-outs, sculptures — was his beautiful and beautifully colorful book work. You can explore the full breadth of his creations in this field with Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts, on view at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum till January 18, 2016 — from his typography and cover designs to his illustrations and page layouts.
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