MATISSE (Henri), Japanese Catalog of the Henri Matisse Exhib - Lot 230

MATISSE (Henri), Japanese Catalog of the Henri Matisse Exhibition Osaka, 1951. Quarto, publisher’s full blue cloth binding. A rare catalog published on the occasion of the Henri Matisse exhibition held in Japan in May–June 1951 under the auspices of the Osaka Municipal Museum, the Yomiuri Shimbun, and the French Mission in Japan. The volume is illustrated with black-and-white and color reproductions covering the major periods of Matisse’s work: paintings, drawings, illustrations, and decorative projects. A valuable record of how the artist was received in the Far East in the early 1950s, this catalog remains a rarity on the European market. A well-preserved copy in its original binding.