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Tristan Tzara's Midis Gagnes,
w
ith six full-page Matisse illustrations

First edition, with illustrations by Henri Matisse

[MATISSE, Henri]. TZARA, Tristan. Midis Gagnes. Poemes. Six Dessins de Henri Matisse. Paris: Les Editions Denoel, 1939. Small quarto, original wrappers, original glassine. $950.

First edition, one of 1000 copies printed on velin (out of a total edition of 1178 copies), with six full-page illustrations by Matisse. An interesting and evocative collaboration between Matisse and the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara. Inner hinge partially sprung (as usual), otherwise a fine, unopened copy in the original glassine.

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