Accession number
PML 195617
Published
Paris : Fernand Mourlot, éditeur, 1952.
Credit line
Gift of Frances and Michael Baylson, 2010.
Notes
Collection of unpublished poems, many anonymous, compiled and designed by Matisse on behalf of the young women at la Maison Blanche clinic near Vence as an hommage to the medical director, Jean Pallies.
"Au Docteur Jean Pallies...--les Etudiantes, Vence, 24 Juin 1952"--Printed on p. [3]
Lithographic frontispiece printed in sepia, 5 lithographic plates printed in black, 11 linocut initials printed in red, 9 lithographic ornaments printed in blue and red.
Text printed by Imprimerie Union ; lithographs, cover, and ornaments printed by Mourlot frères, 28 août 1952 (cf. Duthuit).
"Le tirage, hors commerce, a été strictement limité a quinze exemplaires nominatifs"--Recto of final printed sheet.
Library's copy signed in colophon: Exemplaire l'imprimeur Mourlot.
"Au Docteur Jean Pallies...--les Etudiantes, Vence, 24 Juin 1952"--Printed on p. [3]
Lithographic frontispiece printed in sepia, 5 lithographic plates printed in black, 11 linocut initials printed in red, 9 lithographic ornaments printed in blue and red.
Text printed by Imprimerie Union ; lithographs, cover, and ornaments printed by Mourlot frères, 28 août 1952 (cf. Duthuit).
"Le tirage, hors commerce, a été strictement limité a quinze exemplaires nominatifs"--Recto of final printed sheet.
Library's copy signed in colophon: Exemplaire l'imprimeur Mourlot.
Description
49 p. : ill. ; 32 cm
Provenance
Printed for Fernand Mourlot ; Frances and Michael Baylson Collection.
Binding
Unsewn folded sheets in decorated white wrappers, with manuscript title and date (24 juin 1952) in blue, and green and yellow cut-out designs by Matisse; in beige cloth chemise and matching slipcase.
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