HOMMAGE à HENRI MATISSE - NUMÉRO SPÉCIAL DE XXe Siècle. Includes an ORIGINAL LINOCUT, made by Matisse in 1938 exclusively for XXe Siecle.

Published by XXe siecle, Paris, France, 1970. TEXT in FRENCH.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the front cover and spine, 9.5x12.5 inches (25x32 cm), 126 pages; in yellow, blue and black pictorial dustjacket.

ILLUSTRATED with 32 color plates, 150 b&w reproductions, and, most important, the Original Linocut Print, protected with a tissue guard on the front and back sides.

The book includes essays from Matisse's colleagues and friends.

Condition: GOOD book, the covers' bottom corner tips are bumped, the spine ends have some wear, otherwise the covers are sturdy and attractive; internally, the bottom corner tip of the inner pages is slightly creased (a result of the bump to the bottom tip of the front cover), otherwise the inner pages are just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. In a GOOD MINUS dustjacket that has tears and creases to the top of the spine, fraying to the bottom of the spine, some edge tears and creases, and a sunned spine (please see photos), nonetheless the dj is bright, clean, and doing its job.