HENRI MATISSE | PORTRAIT DE FEMME

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October 5, 05:20 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

HENRI MATISSE

1869 - 1954

PORTRAIT DE FEMME

Signed with the initials HM. (lower left)

Pen and ink on paper

13 by 9¾ in. (33 by 24.8 cm)

Framed: 23 by 19⅜ in. (58.4 by 49.2 cm)

Executed in 1942.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Wanda de Guébriant and Georges Matisse.

Please note that the original certificate of authenticity provided by Wanda de Guébriant has been lost. The Archives Matisse will issue a letter confirming their positive opinion of the authenticity of the work at the request of the purchaser.

Private Collection, France (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 13, 1997, lot 454)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired by 1999