IMPORTANT EARLY CATALOGUE FOR ONE OF MATISSE'S LARGEST EARLY RETROSPECTIVE exhibitions of his work. Original catalogue Unpaginated (56pp) with many full page b/w plates plus catalogue of 142 works, VG in original boards with paper covers - worn at top and bottom of spine but overall a good copy of a scarce item. This copy is accompanied by a bunch of newspaper clippings from the 1940's to the 1950's on Matisse paintings and on the artist himself up to the announcement of his death approximately 10 items.