Medium: original linoleum cut. A fine impression on wove paper, executed in 1938 for XXe Siecle (No. 4). A later edition was also issued by XXe Siecle in 1959, but this is the original, first edition Matisse linocut. Sheet size 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Signed in the block (not by hand). XXe Siecle (Chroniques du Jour) was a deluxe art revue that was the source of many outstanding prints. It was published by Gualtieri di San Lazzaro from 1938-1939, and again from 1951 until 1978 (known as the Nouvelle Serie). Many important artists contributed original prints, including Miro, Picasso, Chagall, Braque, Villon, Matta, Indiana, Rosenquist, Lam, Dali, Zao Wou-ki, Matisse, Delaunay, Ernst, Poliakoff, Soulages, Leger, Moore, Kandinsky, Agam, Arp, Calder, Magnelli, Baj, Marini and Vasarely.

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Published in Paris in 1924 by Albert Morancé for "L'Art d'Aujourd'hui", and now very scarce. The publisher's provenance inscription is printed beneath the image. Size: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (image). Not signed.

Medium: collotype (after the drawing). Issued in 1933 in an edition of 1000 for the rare "Dix Reproductions 1933" portfolio. Published jointly by Editions J. Bucher and Editions J. Becker. A quality printing on Arches wove paper with deckle edges, bearing the JB dry stamp and the publisher's provenance label on verso. Sheet size: 16 x 20 1/2 inches. Not signed.

Medium: linoleum cut. Published in Paris by Teriade for Verve (Vol. 1, No. 4) in 1938, and printed by Mourlot. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Image size 8 x 5 3/4 inches (205 x 147mm); another composition on verso, as published. There is some minor creasing to the paper. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: lithograph. Published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1948. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Not signed.

Medium: Lithograph (after the découpage). Printed by Mourlot Frères in 1940 as the back cover of Verve (volume 2, number 8), at the start of World War II and just days before the invasion of Paris. According to the publisher, more than half of the edition was lost. Sheet size: 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (360 x 265 mm). Not signed. Condition: as this was the actual cover, there is some wear, as expected.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1964 by Mourlot, in a limited edition of 2000 on Arches wove paper. Sheet size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches; image size 6 x 4 1/2 inches (150 x 110mm). Not signed. The word "catalogue" is printed in the margin beneath the image, as published. This original Matisse stone lithograph is from the scarce and lavishly-produced limited edition catalogue, "Prints from the Mourlot Press". Published in 1964 by Mourlot on the occasion of their landmark traveling exhibition, which was sponsored by the French Embassy and The Smithsonian.