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HENRI MATISSE: (1869 - 1954) French painter and sculptor greatly influenced by the Post-Impressio...

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HENRI MATISSE: (1869 - 1954) French painter and sculptor greatly influenced by the Post-Impressio...
HENRI MATISSE: (1869 - 1954) French painter and sculptor greatly influenced by the Post-Impressionists, and who gave up pointillism and became a leader of the fauvists. Able to work in with many media, he created sculptures, gouache works, paintings, costumes and sets. Fine content A.L.S. "Henri Matisse" 1p. 4to., Nice, May 1, 1938, in French to an unnamed recipient regarding the set and costumes he designed for Leonide Massime's ballet Rouge et Noir, with music by Dmitri Shostakovich. In part: "...Here, included the five drawings of the costumes for the sympathy by Shostakovich...made of the colors of the dTcor. They were composed of white, black, blue, yellow and red jersey to accentuate the sparkling applications (toiles or satin)...". Rouge et Noir, which featured Symphony No. 1 by Shostakovich, premiered in 1939 by the Ballets Russes at Monte Carlo A few light foxed spots, rough right margin with a bit of offsetting thereon and to top margin, otherwise very good condition. $1,200-1,500