henri matisse, autograph (18 Ergebnisse)

4to. 1 p. To the French writer Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972). Matisse was hoping that Montherland still is in Nice when he gets there: [] Je crains si vous partez de ne pas vous voir avant longtemps. Moi je suis toujours ici � contre cur. Je devrais �tre � Nice, d�j� arriv� il y a une semaine mais un rhume grippal avec une menace d'otite [] m'a oblig� de rester encore []". About the fever he was suffering from je suis presque sourd d'une, n'entends pas beaucoup de l'autre�. Il esp�re partir � la fin de la semaine: �j'ai la t�te comme bourr�e de coton je commence � me d�courager[]" - Some age toning to paper; repair to the verso of the paper and paper wrinkling.

4to. 2 pp. 8vo. 4pp. Interesting letter to the French writer Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972) about the collaboration of two projects that Monterlant proposed to Matisse. He is happy to have been able to help Montherlant to fight his insomnia. He encourages him to do gymnastics and promises not to talk about homeopathy anymore, since he does it perfectly, that this medicine is not yet recognized et m�me ni�e par les pontifes de l'Acad�mie" - Then he comes to Montherlant's project around photographs of female nudes: Votre d�part sur les photos de nus f�minins m'amuse". It will not be easy to make a book, tout au plus une pr�face pour une �dition de reproductions de ces [alluring erased] beaut�s. Les photos sont �videmment �loquentes [] elles peuvent parler � l'esprit, et aux sens, ou bien � un seulement et aux autres exclusivement. Votre r�le de commentateur est d'expliquer par quel bout ils nous touchent, le bout noble". He can not be of help Je ne pourrais rien en dire avec des mots, �a c'est pour vous. Je pourrais en tirer des dessins qui d�gageraient l'essence des choses que j'y verrais. Mais �a c'est une uvre assez importante. Voyez une s�rie de photos dont la qualit� essentielle serait d�gag�e par Montherlant & Matisse. Si j'�tais plus jeune, je veux dire seulement si je n'avais tant de choses sur la planche pour mes derni�res ann�es!" He could possibly realize this idea with Despiau le subtil" or Mariette Lydis la suave". About another illustration project trait� d'astronomie", he points out to him three D�rer engravings of the hemispheres and zodiac signs on the tropics of the terrestrial sphere: Que pourrais-je faire de plus? Une illustration d'un manuel d'astrologie dont vous imagineriez un texte phantaisiste et rabelaisien! �a colle?". He proposes to Montherlant to send him the portrait he has made of him.

8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. To his mother H�lo�se, a little worried about not having received a letter from his family for five days, insisting that his daughter Marguerite should write him every day, as he does not suppose his wife Am�lie forbade her to do so. He trusts his mother is well, and he is fully convinced that his stay in Sevilla will benefit him greatly, provided he receives more letters to prevent him from boredom: "Je n'ai pas encore de lettre aujourd'hui, et d'apr�s la d�p�che que j'ai re�ue hier rien ne me fait prevoir que je n'en aurait durant 5 jours. Je ne comprends pas que vous me laissez sans nouvelles. Marguerite doit m'�crire tous les jours. Je ne suppose pas qu'Am�lie lui a d�fendue. Je pense d'apr�s la d�p�che que tu vas bien et que ton r�gime l'a enti�rement r�ussi [.] Je pense que mon s�jour ici me fera beaucoup de bien, � la condition que je ne m'ennuie pas - pour cela �crivez r�guli�rement". Matisse plans to write to his wife in Perpignan and suspects her to be upset with him, although he travelled to Spain to do nothing but work, concluding with comments on the weather in Paris and Sevilla: "Je vais �crire � Perpignan. Quand est donc parti Am�lie? Comme �a n'est pas bien de ne pas m'avoir pr�venu. Elle est donc tout � fait col�re contre moi. Je ne peux que toujours r�p�ter je ne suis ici que pour travailler [.] Je sais d'apr�s les journaux qu'il fait tr�s mauvais temps � Paris. Ici le temps est beau quoiqu'un peu toubl� aujourd'hui [.]". - On stationery with a stamp of the "Circulo de labradores y propietarios".

4to. 1 page. To a friend with thanks for his letter, letting him know that everyone is in good spirits, asking for the address of "the last proprietor" and regretting his being unable to visit him, as he is presently incapable of moving: "Je vous remercie de votre lettre et je suis heureux de constater que tout le monde est de bonne foi. Voulez-vous bien me donner l'adresse du dernier propri�taire pour que je puisse lui �crire. Je regrette de ne pouvoir aller vous voir mais je suis immobilis� en ce moment [.]".

4to. 2 pp. With autograph envelope. To Mary Hutchinson in London about Fran�ois Campaux's short film "Henri Matisse" (1946). He has forwarded her list of potential viewers to Campaux, who travels to London the following day and will mail their invitations. Matisse will remain in Paris to finish work he began last summer, but plans to return to Vence in mid-December, where he hopes to welcome her at some point during the winter: "Mille mercis pour la peine que vous avez prise au sujet des invitations � la pr�sentation de mon film. J'ai transmis vos listes � Mr Campaux l'auteur. Il part � Londres demain lundi et va faire, ou plut�t envoyer ses invitations. J'esp�re que les invit�s seront int�ress�s. Je suis encore ici, retenu par la terminaison des travaux que j'ai entrepris cet �t�. Je retourne � Vence le 15 d�cembre. J'esp�re que cet hiver vous viendrez peut-�tre � la C�te d'Azur et que vous voudrez bien venir � Vence me visiter [.]". - 2 telegrams (1947 and 1950) to the same, expressing his best wishes, are loosely enclosed, as is as another autograph envelope.

8vo. 1� pp. To the writer Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972), hoping that his trip was an interesting one and that he returns bearing good news, regretting to no longer having works by Roger Martin du Gard (1881-1958) in his possession, returning a copy of Hermann Rauschning's "Hitler m'a dit" (1939), and recommending two tailors in Nice, Messrs. Hettema and Gentilomme: "J'esp�re que votre voyage a �t� int�resant par cons�quent profitable et que vous n'en rapportez pas de nouvelles trop d�sesp�rantes. Je n'ai plus 'les Martin du Gard', regrets. Je vous fait remettre le 'Hitler m'a dit'. Je me suis renseign� au sujet du l'adresse d'une bon taileur que vous me demandez car je ne me suis jamais fait habiller � Nice. Voici ce qu'on m'a indiqu� comme excellent - Hettema [.] le complet �tait en ce moment de 3.500 fr - mais tout est bon coupe �toffe et tout et tout [.] Un autre tailleur de bonne coupe m'a �t� indiqu� par mon ancien croupier [.] c'est le tailleur qui fait les habits des croupiers qui devaient �tre impeccables [.] Il s'appelle Gentilomme [.] Je n'en connais pas les prix - je les suppose plus modestes. Moi j'irai chez Hettema - mais le Genilomme est peut �tre suffisant [.]".

8vo. 2 pp. To the writer Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972), glad to hear that he is interested in the proofs of his illustrations for the lyrical work "Pasipha�: Chant de Minos (Les Cr�tois)", having just discovered that they are intended for a separate album that will not be published for another year, therefore planning to provide him with different proofs; also relieved to hear that his foot has healed and hoping to see him in January: "Les �preuves que je vous ai envoy�es vous int�ressent, j'en suis flatt�. J'apprends que, comme elles doivent faire partie d'un futur album de mes �tudes sur P. & le Ch. de M., m�me dans le tirage imparfait de l'�claireur de Nice elles ne pourront exister quand l'album en question para�tra. �a ne sera pas avant un an. Alors je vous les remplacerai. Vous les trouverez dans l'ensemble que je vous prierai d'accepter. Content d'apprendre que votre pied est gu�ri, vous allez pouvoir d�ployer vos ailes. Vous verai-je en Janvier? [.]". - Montherlant's "Pasipha�", retelling the Greek myth of the Minotaur, was illustrated with 148 linocuts by Matisse and was published by Martin Fabiani in Paris in 1944.

8vo. 3 1/2 pp. On mourning letter paper. To Auguste Br�al (1875-1938) reporting his return to Issy, some photographs, and personal news: "I have been back here in Issy since Saturday. I found the weather here beautiful, but the cold excessive -however, the sun has not stopped shining, and for Paris, that is superb. You can well imagine, everyone has been happy to see me again. I am delighted that the beautiful days in Seville cause you to look forward to the spring. I recall them very well and enjoy them in recollection. And that Imperio, does she really dance so very, very well? As well as Dora? I would have liked to have seen her to make comparisons. I looked around for new dances in Madrid, but there were nothing but commonplace offerings -just as in Barcelona. I found this latter city quite ugly, in spite of the magnificent landscape that surrounds it. It is in Barcelona that I came across the ugliest house I have ever seen. You cannot imagine anything so obviously hideous. It made me think of 'Le Gran Catalan du Cercel' which Barcelona regretted. How different Andalusia is from all that!".

4to. 2 pages. To his friend, the French writer Henry de Montherlant. Matisse regrets not being able to receive him in the evening, as he has had a "spasm crisis which tired me much": "[.] mes journ�es sont souvent longues et le soir je dois renoncer � des visites qui pr�pareraient une nuit d'insomnie, d'autant plus certaine que visiteur serait plus int�ressant. Aujourd'hui j'ai support� un examen radiographique qui m'a bris�. En somme, je me trouve surtout en lutte avec les m�decins [.] Ma fille que j'ai fait appeler m'aide heureusement dans cette lutte difficile et d�licate. Au fond je me sens tr�s bien, et aucune urgence ne me para�t indiqu�e. Comme je ne prends que des bouillies pour d�senflammer l'intestin et des oranges (vitamines), j'ai forc� un peu trop sur les oranges, qui par leur acidit�e m'ont d�rang� l'intestin qui allait au mieux. Au lieu de reconna�tre la cause vraie de ce petit accroc, les m�decins y voient un motif de h�ter l'intervention. Je ne les crois pas malhonn�tes mais simplement un peu trop excit�s � l'action. Le chirurgien est un p�re coupe toujours. Le m�decin traitant est fils d'italiens et menac� par le nouveau r�gime a l'air de ne pas vouloir contrarier ce chirurgien �tabli solidement � Nice. Le 2e m�decin est juif tremble dans ses culottes et se range de l'avis du plus fort. - Il a dit � ma fille, moi j'ouvrirais pour voir ce qu'il y a dedans. Au fond tout �a est rigolo. Il suffit de savoir se d�fendre - et pour �a je suis assez fort quand je ne fais pas de tableau - ce qui est le cas [.]".

Oblong 12mo. On reverse of a photograph of a painting; with stamp of Studio Yves Hervochon. Certifiying that the painting pictured on the reverse is not in his own hand: "Je certifie que ce tableau n'est pas de moi. Selon mon droit j'en ai gratt� la signature". - Accompanied by the forgery in question (an oil painting on canvas).

Kein Einband. Zustand: Sehr gut. Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) - Fine art content autograph letter signed - French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. Autograph letter signed in full "Henri Matisse". 1p., 8.25 x 10.0 inch, written and signed in blue ink, Nice, 1920 November 4. Letter to Paul Colin of L'Art Libre, written from the Hotel Mediterran�e. In French, in full: "Je ne puis vous r�pondre au sujet de votre exposition quant � mes oeuvres, veuillez vous addresser � Mme Bernheim ou Georges Bernheim, mes marchands. Quant au pastel de Redon, je ne puis vous satisfaire, car il n est �moi que la moiti�. Or mon parent pour il est pour l autre moiti�, craintles risqu� du voyage - mais, cependant desire le vendre le pastel est visible 19 quai St. Michel, chez moi. Avec mes regrets de ne pouvoir vous satisfaire, je vous prie d agr�er, Monsieur, mes sinc�res salutations." Translated: "I cannot give you any answer regarding your exhibit; as far as my works are concerned, please contact Messrs. Bernheim or Mr. Georges Bernheim, my dealers. As for the pastel by Redon, I will not be able to satisfy you because I own only half of it and my relative who owns the other half fears the risks of a trip but still wants to sell it. The pastel can be seen at 19 quai St. Michel, at my place." In very good to fine condition, with creasing, and short tears, to the edges. A fantastic letter referencing Odilon Redon, an artist whom Matisse greatly admired. He had purchased some of Redon's paintings for his father, and acknowledged the influence of Redon's pastels on his own colorful Fauvist palette. COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY ANDREAS WIEMER HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Signatur des Verfassers.

Oblong 4to. 2 lines. Together with Matisse's visiting card. To his student and alleged lover Olga Markowa-Meerson (1880-1930) with an urgent request for a telephone call: "Appelez-moi au t�l�phone sit�t que vous possez j'ai besoin de vous parler". On Matisse's visiting card somebody, possibly a doorman, noted in pencil: "Miss Meerson was not at home at 7:15 am" (transl.), suggesting that both objects are directly connected. - In only two lines, the lettercard attests to a famously turbulent teacher-student relationship. Matisse met the Russian Olga Markowa-Meerson, a talented painter, at the "Acad�mie Matisse" that he had founded in 1908 and remained in contact after the closure of the academy in 1911. Markowa-Meerson modelled for Matisse and they allegedly started an affair. During this time, Markowa-Meerson executed one of the few portraits of Matisse, always a reticent sitter, which speaks of their intimacy. After a more than fraught late summer of 1911 spent together in Collioure, during which Markowa-Meerson experienced several mental breakdowns, Matisse broke off their relationship in the belief that only Olga's family would be able to provide for her. She subsequently moved to Munich, where she married the German music critic and composer Heinz Pringsheim (Thomas Mann's brother-in-law) in 1912. In 1929, Olga Markowa-Meerson took her own life in Berlin. In spite of her obvious talent, she is today largely forgotten as an artist, which will hopefully change in the future.

12mo. 4 pp. on a bifolium. Complex and emotional letter to his wife Am�lie Noellie Parayre, primarily describing a mental health crisis of Matisse's student and alleged lover Olga Markowa Meerson. In the first part of the letter, Matisse informs his wife that he had written to his patrons Gertrude and Leo Stein. He emphasizes that he wrote about painting at length but did not mention a potential visit of the siblings in Collioure, the southern French fishing village where Matisse spent the summer of 1911. Apparently, Am�lie dreaded their visit and Matisse planned to suggest to the Steins the neighbouring village Arg�les as an alternative domicile, but concludes: "Even if they find accommodation here - provided that they bring their housemaid - we cannot give the impression of pushing them away. You will probably see less sympathetic people here because Collioure is said to be invaded by painters" (transl.). - The second part of the letter forms an intimate account of Meerson's mental crisis, Matisse's conflict with his wife over the student, and his as well as his daughter Marguerite's growing desperation that is worth quoting in full: "I do not have anything really new to report except perhaps that it rained all day and that Olga already wanted to leave 3 times since your departure. The nerves recover less and less well, which is very difficult for us. For three days she has been sleeping here, having had hallucinations at her place. I strongly wish her to return to Paris and I hardly see the possibility of taking her to Italy because she could never work to make ends meet and take care of herself. Surely she needs to return to her family, she is really incapable of any effort. I am highly annoyed and enervated - she makes scenes for no reason. Her irritation, which was with Purrmann, has shifted to me, and I assure you that it is not at all amusing and there is nothing to say because she will not acknowledge it. Today she suffered a very strong crisis that destroyed Margot and me. I have been awake since one in the morning and am writing you after writing to Stein. It is now four o'clock. Finally after wanting to leave yesterday at 11 o'clock in the evening, very agitated, as if mad, she decided to stay, but will not see us again. She will make arrangements to stay with Madame Delfau [wife of the painter Louis Delfau] and remain there so as not to disturb us anymore. She has a day or two. You can wait to see her come back after these days but I do not recommend it at all because it will be unnecessary stress for you. We certainly made a mistake in not letting her leave a month ago. She has to return to her family, she admits it herself in her manic phases. To hold her back would be negligent. Besides, there are other things to do, I have not worked in four days. Since Huyot [the painter Albert Huyot] left we have been saddled with her, and it is enervating. The night before this I slept very poorly. This one is sleepless now - you need to choose her or me without even considering Marguerite, who is strongly affected [.]. The sea is certainly harmful to her, and she needs the care that her family has to provide her". - Matisse met the Russian Olga Meerson, a talented painter, at the "Acad�mie Matisse" that he had founded in 1908 with the financial support of the Steins and other friends. The German artist Hans Purrmann, mentioned in the letter, was among the organizers of the short-lived academy. When Matisse stopped teaching in 1911, he continued to meet Meerson, who served him as a model, and they allegedly had an affair. The fact that Meerson in 1911 executed one of the few portraits of Matisse, always a reticent sitter, speaks of their intimacy. While it is often repeated that Matisse broke off contact because of his wife's jealousy, the letter tells a more complex story. We do not know details of the relationship of the two women but Matisse's dramatic demand to choose between him and her clearly points to a very emotional situation. Apparently, Am�lie had planned a trip to Italy with Henri and Olga, which he opposed citing Olga's mental health. The relationship of the Matisses with Olga Markowa Meerson effectively ended only weeks after the letter was written. Olga moved back to Munich, where she married the German music critic and composer Heinz Pringsheim (Thomas Mann's brother-in-law) in 1912. In 1929 Olga Markowa Meerson took her own life in Berlin. In spite of her obvious talent, Meerson is today largely forgotten as an artist, which will hopefully change in the future. - Slightly creased.

4to. 1 p., 8vo 2 1/2 pp., 50 : 200 mm 1p. One ALS and one typed letter with signature plus one sketch to Jean Leymarie of the Mus�e National d'Art Moderne. [] ami, J'ai votre lettre � l'instant et je vous ai tout de suite envoy� un t�l�gramme vous indiquant le ton du cadre gris plus fonc� que le mur de fa�on � rendre la toile plant� sur le mur comme une fresque. Permettez moi de vous dire que le cadre n'est pas assez �pais [] il faudrait donc augmenter sa feuillure en ajoutant [] comme je vous l'indique sur votre croquis []"Matisse is dicussing the colour of the gray frame which he wants to see in a darker tone than the wall so as to make the wall look like a fresco. He suggests to increase the frame as he has indicated on the sketch.In a joint letter (typed) from October 1953 Matisse writes: [] Tout d'abord je tiens � vous dire que je suis tr�s touch� par votre d�sir si constent de joindre � la collection de votre Mus�e une sculpture de moi et je vous prie de m'excuser de r�pondre � vos lettres avec un tel retard. Voici ce qu'il en est des pi�ces qui vous int�ressent. La Serpentine est �puis�e. Les grands bas-reli�fs n'existent pas actuellement en bronze car des complications mat�rielles ne permettent pas pur le moment leur ex�cution. Vous ne pouvez donc que choisir entre les 4 premiers �tats de la T�te de Jeannette, car, l� encore, our le moment il ne m'est pas possible de vous fournir le dernie�r �tat, le cinqui�me. Je pense que le prix de 200.000 Fr pour une de ces tetes pourra vous convenir. []" Matisse expresses that he feels touched by the request to include a sculpture of his in the collection of the Museum. The large bas-reliefs of La Serpentine do not exist in bronze due to complications with the material. Leymarie can therefore only choose between the first 4 states of the T�te de Jeannette, because, there again, for the moment it is not possible for Matisse to provide him the last state, the fifth. I think the price of 200,000 Fr for one of these heads may suit you."La Serpentine, it's original is from 1909, is an elongated figure of a woman with grotesque proportions yet is both dignified and provocative. The nonchalant pose of resting one elbow on a post and crossing the feet at the ankles has been related by Alfred Barr to the Greek tradition. Hilton Kramer has said of this work: "The parts are each given an unexpected weight the torso as slender as any to be found in a later Giacometti, the head conceived like a flower too large for its stem, the calves almost too absurdly thick for the lean thighs yet the whole is resolved in a harmony that belies the distortion of the parts." With the heads of Jeannette, five of its kind, Matisse shows the process of abstraction in these heads. Matisse also demonstrates his extraordinary mastery of organic form and its expressive possibilities. [The sculpture of Matisse, MoMA, 1972].

8vo. "� mon cher Andr� Rouveyre". The caricaturist and writer Andr� Rouveyre was a lifelong friend of Matisse. The two collaborated on Matisse's "Apollinaire", first published in 1952 in memory of their friend, the critic Guillaume Apollinaire. - Christie's, 23 November 1998, Nr. 152.

2 SS. Qu.-8vo. An die namentlich nicht genannte Schriftstellerin Elsa Triolet, die Ehefrau von Louis Aragon, die er um Rat bittet, wie er sich ein Verj�ngungs-Serum des ukrainischen Mediziners Alexander Bogomoletz verschaffen k�nnte, wonach er dann auf Louis Aragon zu sprechen kommt: "J'esp�re voir bient�t notre cher Louis dont la sant� doit certainement d'am�liorer. Je suis toujours cloitr� � cause de la temp�rature, je voudrais bien �tre a Vence [.] Ne prenez pas la peine de me r�pondre, Lydia vous t�l�phonera dans 2 ou 3 jours pour savoir si vous [.] voyez quelqu'espoir pour obtenir ce m�dicament qui doit faire merveille". - Offenbar rechnete Matisse mit Aragons vielf�ltigen Beziehungen zur Sowjetunion. Die in der ersten H�lfte des 20. Jahrhunderts von Bogomoletz in Kiew durchgef�hrten Zelltherapien und Verj�ngungskuren mit einem aus Tierblut gewonnenen Serum, die viel Aufsehen erregten, selbst von Stalin angewandt wurden und Bogomoletz Orden und Medaillen eintrugen, gelten heute als pseudomedizinische Methode ohne wissenschaftlich nachweisbaren Erfolg. - Kleiner Faltenriss.

Nizza (Nice), ohne Jahr [ca. 1940], 4� (27 x 21 cm). 2 Seiten. An einen Freund wegen der Benzinrationierungen: "Alors, c'est vous, cher ami, qui �tes dans Sirius puisque vous ignorez que les pauvres possedeurs d'autos n'ont droit � la plus petite mesures d'essence et sont oblig�s de prendre l'antique tram de Cimiez avec tous les incommodit�s qui comporte. Sans quoi je ne viendrais pas de prendre deux jours de lit - tout de m�me ce matin, c'est fini: j'ai la t�te libre et je me remets au travail [.] nous mangerons un bon poisson (si vous l'aimez, faites pour penser � raconter l'histoire de Corot au sujet du ris de veau - c'est du reste trop peu pour y revener, la voici: Corot au sortir de la boutique [.] du p�re, est rencontr� par des amies qui l'invitent � diner un jour prochain - ils lui ont fait un ris de veau pour lui faire plaisir et ils le lui disent - L'aimez-vous? Je l'adore! - Il le d�testait, cependant par gentillesse il le mange, ainsi que chaque fois que ces bons amis lui offrent � d�ner. Mais c'�tait Corot. Je n'en ferais pas autant et vous non plus. Nous mangerons donc un bon poisson vendredi � la Coquille � Midi 1/2 [.] Conaissez-vous la vie romanc� de Henri de Kleist? Connaissez probablement son cas, tr�s int�ressant." - Kleiner Randeinriss hinterlegt. Gewicht (Gramm): 20.

8vo. 2 pp. An Henry de Montherlant:[] Cher ami, Je pense souvent � vous en me f�licitant d'�tre peintre.Il y a quelques mois, ou quelques ann�es, vous plaignez les peintres [Bildhauern durchgestrichen] dont une partie de leurs oeuvres, les plus importantes, peut dispara�tre dans un simple incident de guerre - Delacroix � l'incendie de l'H. de Ville de Paris en 70. Constatez que chacun a sa part de d�sastre � supporter []" - Er dankt Montherlant und spricht den Verkauf seines Werkes Pasipha� durch das Rote Kreuz an: le mieux serait qu'il soit dit chez les libraires et chez Fabiani qu'il y a un exemplaire � vendre pour la + R, qui serait donn� au plus offrant []".