Ulysses by James Joyce, illustrated by Henri Matisse, Limited Editions Club, New York 1935, No 284/1500

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Ulysses by James Joyce, illustrated by Henri Matisse, Limited Editions Club, New York 1935, No 284/1500

The ban on Ulysses in the USA was raised in 1934. This de luxe edition contains illustrations for six episodes by Henri Matisse, who took his inspiration from Homer’s Odyssey and never read Joyce’s book. Given by Cyril Cusack.

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Ulysses (Joyce, James), Museum artefacts, James Joyce

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This collection is being made available under the CC BY-NC-ND licence, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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