Henri MATISSE. 2 L.A.S., Nice 5-6 October 1942, to Henry de Montherlant in Paris; 1 oblong page in-12 each with address on the back (postcards). On Montherlant's book Sur les femmes with 3 drawings by Henri Matisse (Paris, Sagittaire, 1942). 5 / 10 / 42. He received the book, and finds the presentation good, except for the cover, which serves everyone; he begs him to change it when it is republished: "You know that this drawing was not made lightly, that it is not an improvisation - if you have reproduced it, it is because you think it is interesting, so it must be protected. It's completely dumbed down by the cupboard on its back that needs to be free, like the opening of a rocket, to be able to act - my line was killed" . - October 6th. He comes back to this question which irritates him, and proposes a solution: "Without changing the position of H. de M. and that of the publisher Sagittaire put the title On Women as it is between the 115th mm. and the 165th of the height of the cover. This would leave enough room for the drawing [...] It would cost a new picture = Nothing. What would you say if a blind person knocked over your books with a cutter that would remove a 3 cm strip of your text on each page? Of course I wouldn't die from it - but it is my duty to protest ...