Lithograph on vélin Johannot d’Annonay paper. Paper Size: 12.83 x 9.84 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hommage No.2, Dessins de Matisse, 1944. Published by Hommage, Monaco, under the direction of Philippe Fontana, Éditeur, Monaco; printed by Imprimerie Robaudy, Cannes, June, 1944. Excerpted from the folio, This issue of HOMMAGE is printed in M numbered examples of I to M, and L examples, H.C. Brassaï (1899-1984) was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940 to 1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.