MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French artist. Book signed and inscribed, being a large folio edition of Seize Peintures 1939-1943, First Edition published by Editions du Chene, Paris, 1943, with an introduction by Andre Lejard, with twelve of the sixteen colour plates present (lacking III, IV, VIII and XVI). Signed by Matisse in bold pencil to a clear area at the head of the first page of text, 'A Mademoiselle Simone Vincent, hommage respectueux, Henri Matisse', and dated Vence, 8th February 1944 in his hand. An interesting association piece. The binding loose and defective, some tears and chipping to the edges of the paper wrappers, and some light staining, the signed page unaffected. FR Simone 'Monette' Vincent, a friend and model of Matisse, was the subject of several portraits by the artist in 1942, including La femme en rose, and may also have been the subject of one of the works reproduced in the present edition.