A. G. Kostenevich, L. A. Dukel'skaia et al.

Dar bestsennyi. Katalog vystavki (An invaluable gift. Catalogue of the exhibition [of Matisse drawings donated by Lidia Delektorskaia]); :

St. Petersburg: Herm, 2009. Sewn pb. The Hermitage in this exhibition honors the donor Lidia Delektorskaia, who after years of collaboration with the artist had accumulated a substantial collection of Matisse’s drawings and paintings. Lidia Delektorskaia was orphaned in the cholera epidemic and emigrated to France with her relatives as a young woman in the 1920s, worked random jobs until she took work with Matisse as a housekeeper in the early 1930s (she had posed for him briefly earlier). Matisse's wife was sickly and Delektorskaia became essential to his household and eventually inspired him as a model. This catalogue of the works she donated to the Hermitage includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, artist's books, and prints, which show the range of Matisse's talent. An appendix publishes correspondence and notes by Delektorskaia, which illuminate aspects of Matisse's life in the 1930s and 40s. 333 p., 31 cm, approx. 300 color illus., Rus. Item #2933
ISBN: 5935721864

Chapter titles: Image of a Woman: Lidia Delektorskaia in Russia and in the Hermitage; Painting; Sculpture; Drawing; Artist's Books; Prints.

Price: $82.00