This IMPORTANT CATALOGUE IS THE CATALOGUE TO THE FIRST EXHIBITION MOMA DECIDED TO DEVOTE TO AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST - HENRI MATISSE. 62PP curated by Alfred Barr with an essay by him and including a 1908 essay by Matisse about his work, an extremely important exhibition for Matisse introducing his work to the American audience, one of his largest exhibitions at this time - many of the works borrowed from private collections, catalogue of 162 works. VG in orange linen covers. At this point MOMA was only in it's second year!