Lot 205
  • 205

Henri Matisse

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • Odalisque au fauteuil turc
  • Signed HM. (lower left)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 15 by 10 7/8 in.
  • 38 by 27.7 cm

Provenance

Lionel Prejger, France (acquired by 1981)
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 1984, lot 152)
Acquired at the above sale by A. Alfred Taubman

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is hinged to the mat on the verso of the upper corners and is floating in its mount. The edges are irregular and slightly deckled with very minor handling creases. The sheet is lightly discolored. There is some staining to the upper part of the composition notably to the upper right corner. Some waviness to the sheet along the upper edge. Otherwise fine. This work is in good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Catalogue Note

"My models, human figures, are never just 'extras' in an interior. They are the principal theme in my work. I depend entirely on my model, whom I observe at liberty, and then I decide on the pose which best suits her nature. When I take a new model, I intuit the pose that will best suit her from her un-self-conscious attitudes of repose, and then I become the slave of that pose."

Henri Matisse

quoted in Ernst Gerhard Güse, Henri Matisse, Drawings and Sculpture, Munich, 1991, p. 22