Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés (1987)

Limited to 2000 copies.

The beautiful catalogue raisonné for Matisse’s illustrated books. Each book is described and every illustration is reproduced, mostly in black & white, but the section describing “Jazz” is in color.

Brimming with powerful themes and imagery, Matisse’s illustrations are crucial to an understanding of his oeuvre.

Text is in French, but with an English translation at the end.

Henri Matisse – Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés établi avec la collaboration de Françoise Garnaud. Claude Duthuit (ed.). Paris 1988. Introduction de Jean Guichard-Meili