Verve The French Review Of Art No. 8; September-November 1940

Paris: Verve, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cover by Matisse in color with original glassine lacking a small portion front cover at lower spine. Near fine. 35 x 27 cm. No. 8 completed a few days before the occupation of Paris: original front cover colored lithography by Henri Matisse, and double-paged color lithograph by Pierre Bonnard [Sunset Over The Mediterranean], plus eleven color drawings in red by Andre Derain. "Matisse (finished) the covers of this number a say before the war broke out." Text in English.