Artworks · Henri Matisse

CALYPSO (plate, facing page 30) from ULYSSES

1934

plate 11 1/16 x 8 9/16" (28.1 x 21.7 cm)

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NAUSICAA (plate, facing page 166) from ULYSSES

1934

plate 10 7/8 x 8 7/16" (27.6 x 21.4 cm)

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POLYPHEMUS (plate, facing page 140) from ULYSSES

1934

plate 10 9/16 x 8 1/4" (26.9 x 21 cm)

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ITHACA (plate, facing page 334) from ULYSSES

1934

plate 10 3/4 x 8 5/16" (27.3 x 21.2 cm)

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ULYSSES

1934 · 6 soft ground etchings, printed in black on ivory, smooth, wove paper, and 20 reproductions after drawings

irreg. page 11 5/8 x 9 1/16" (29 x 23 cm)

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Circe (plate 5) from Ulysses

1934 · One from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 11 1/8 × 8 11/16" (28.3 × 22 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 7/16" (41.3 × 31.6 cm)

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Polyphemus (plate 3) from Ulysses

1934 · One from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 11 1/4 × 8 7/8" (28.5 × 22.6 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 1/2" (41.4 × 31.7 cm)

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Ulysses

1934 · Illustrated book with six etchings

various plate dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 16 1/4 × 12 1/2" (41.3 × 31.7 cm)

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Nausicaa (plate 4) from Ulysses

1934 · One from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 11 9/16 × 9 1/16" (29.4 × 23 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 1/2" (41.5 × 31.8 cm)

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Ithaca (plate 6) from Ulysses

1934 · One from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 11 1/4 × 8 13/16" (28.6 × 22.4 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 1/2" (41.2 × 31.7 cm)

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Calypso (plate 1) from Ulysses

1934 · One from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 11 11/16 × 9 1/8" (29.7 × 23.1 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 1/2" (41.4 × 31.8 cm)

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Aeolus (plate 2) from Ulysses

1934 · One from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 11 5/8 × 9 1/8" (29.5 × 23.2 cm); sheet: 16 × 12 3/8" (40.7 × 31.5 cm)

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Nude

1932 · Etching in black on gray wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 33 × 25 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate/primary support: 36 × 28.2 cm (14 3/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 50 × 40.5 cm (19 11/16 × 16 in.)

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Toast, plate one from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 32.8 × 22.5 cm (12 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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L'Après-Midi d'un Faune: Égloue, plate 14 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on off-white wove paper

Image: 31 × 23 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33 × 24.9 cm (13 × 9 13/16 in.)

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The Flowers, plate six from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.7 × 23 cm (12 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Le Pitre Châtié, plate four from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30 × 24.7 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 24.7 cm (13 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

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Apparition, plate three from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 32.6 × 25.5 cm (12 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.5 cm (13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Soupir, plate five from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 31.7 × 24.5 cm (12 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Le Guignon, plate two from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.5 × 23 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Weary of Bitter Rest, plate seven from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 26.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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L'Azur, plate nine from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 29.7 × 24.9 cm (11 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.1 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Le Sonneur, plate eight from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 29.5 × 25.2 cm (11 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Hérodiade, Scène ll, plate eleven from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 28.5 × 21.8 cm (11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 32.7 × 25.2 cm (12 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Hérodiade, Scène l, plate ten from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 32.2 × 23 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.5 cm (13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

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L'Après-Midi d'un Faune: Égloue plate fourteen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image/sheet, platemark not visible: 30.3 × 25.2 cm (11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Hérodiade, Scène lll, plate twelve from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 31 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 24.8 cm (13 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

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Hérodiade, Scène lV, plate thirteen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 27.8 × 19.5 cm (11 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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A Faun in the Afternoon, plate fifteen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.9 × 23.8 cm (12 3/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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L'Après-Midi d'un Faune: Le Faune ll, plate sixteen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 32.2 × 24.5 cm (12 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Prose (Pour des Esseintes), plate nineteen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30 × 23 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 32.8 × 25.2 cm (12 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

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L'Après-Midi d'un Faune: Le Faune lll, plate seventeen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.4 × 24 cm (12 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.1 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Eventail de Madame Mallarmé, plate 20 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 33.1 × 20.5 cm (13 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.3 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

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L'Après-Midi d'un Faune: Le Faune IV, plate eighteen from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30 × 24 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Autre Eventail, de Mademoiselle Mallarmé, plate 21 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 26.7 × 23.5 cm (10 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Feuillets d'Album, Rondels, plate 23 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.5 × 20 cm (12 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

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A Few Sonnets: Frontispiece, plate 24 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 32 × 24 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet/platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.1 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Feuillets d'Album, Frontispice, plate 22 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on iivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 31.7 × 24.5 cm (12 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Plusieurs Sonnets: Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe, plate 26 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.7 × 23.5 cm (12 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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A Few Sonnets: "With her Pure Nails...", plate 25 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 31 × 24.5 cm (12 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet/platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Plusieurs Sonnets: Le Tombeau de Charles Baudelaire, plate 27 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.8 × 22.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.2 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Plusieurs Sonnets: "A la nue accablante...", plate 29 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 32 × 24.5 cm (12 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Plusieurs Sonnets: "Quelle soie...", plate 28 from Poesies de Mallarmé

1932 · Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Image: 30.5 × 21 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25.5 cm (13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Poésies

1932 · Book with letterpress in black and red and 29 etchings in black on cream wove Japanese vellum, bound in brown leather and brown paperboard cover with gold stamped spine

Closed: 34 × 26 × 3.4 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 × 1 3/8 in.)

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Les Nymphes (The Nymphs) (plate, page 73) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 9 1/4" (29.8 × 23.5 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Supplementary plate from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 8 1/16" (29.9 × 20.5 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Headpiece (page 9) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 6 1/8 × 7 13/16" (15.5 × 19.8 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Hérodiade (Herodotus) (plate, page 54) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 × 8 5/16" (30.5 × 21.1 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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