JOYCE, James (1822-1941) & Henri MATISSE (1869-1954, illustrator). Ulysses . New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.
JOYCE, James (1822-1941) & Henri MATISSE (1869-1954, illustrator). Ulysses . New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4° (296 x 232mm). 26 plates, including 6 etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings by Matisse on blue and yellow paper. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt with a bas-relief design by Leroy H. Appleton (without the tissue wrapper, very lightly rubbed at head of spine, front inner hinge cracked but joints firmly holding), slipcase (a little worn). LIMITED EDITION, NO. 888 OF 1500 COPIES, SIGNED BY JOYCE AND MATISSE . The six etchings by Matisse depict the Calypso, Aeolus, Cyclops, Nausicaa, Circe, and Ithaca episodes. The six etchings were issued separately by the Print Club, New York, 1935, in an edition of 150 copies According to publisher George Macy, when asked why he had decided to illustrate subjects from Homer's Odyssey , Matisse replied that he had not read Joyce's Ulysses (Castelman). ‘The text of this edition is based on that of the Odyssey Press edition…, second impression, and is therefore the most accurate text of Ulysses that has been published in the United States’ (Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A22; Castleman, A Century of Artists Books , pp. 35, 62.
JOYCE, James (1822-1941) & Henri MATISSE (1869-1954, illustrator). Ulysses . New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.
JOYCE, James (1822-1941) & Henri MATISSE (1869-1954, illustrator). Ulysses . New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4° (296 x 232mm). 26 plates, including 6 etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings by Matisse on blue and yellow paper. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt with a bas-relief design by Leroy H. Appleton (without the tissue wrapper, very lightly rubbed at head of spine, front inner hinge cracked but joints firmly holding), slipcase (a little worn). LIMITED EDITION, NO. 888 OF 1500 COPIES, SIGNED BY JOYCE AND MATISSE . The six etchings by Matisse depict the Calypso, Aeolus, Cyclops, Nausicaa, Circe, and Ithaca episodes. The six etchings were issued separately by the Print Club, New York, 1935, in an edition of 150 copies According to publisher George Macy, when asked why he had decided to illustrate subjects from Homer's Odyssey , Matisse replied that he had not read Joyce's Ulysses (Castelman). ‘The text of this edition is based on that of the Odyssey Press edition…, second impression, and is therefore the most accurate text of Ulysses that has been published in the United States’ (Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A22; Castleman, A Century of Artists Books , pp. 35, 62.
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