Pour Versailles, from: La Pompadour (D.-M. 665)

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Pour Versailles, from: La Pompadour (D.-M. 665) lithograph, 1951, on Chine appliqué, signed, dedicated à Denise Arokas qui m'a prêté la fraicheur de son sourire 18/11 52 and inscribed Essai in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of two hundred (there were also 15 artist's proofs), the full sheets, a deckle edge below, the paper toned, very pale mottled discoloration in the margins, pinholes at the sheet corners, otherwise in good condition L. 357 x 300 mm., S. 545 x 378 mm.