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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Three heads; To friendship....

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Three heads; To friendship. (Masks of Apollinaire, Matisse and Rouveyre). 1951-1952. Aquatint. Sheet : 65,5 x 50 cm. Very nice and fresh proof on watermarked vellum "BFK RIVES", one of the 2 trial proofs justified with the compositor and stamped with the artist's monogram. All margins. Total edition of 33 proofs. Subject not retained for publication in André Rouveyre's book, Apollinaire, Paris, éd. Raisons d'Être, 1952. Ref : M. Duthuit-Matisse and C. Duthuit, Henri Matisse, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé, Paris, C. Duthuit, 1983, n° 825.