Lot 85
  • 85

Henri Matisse

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • MODÈLE ASSIS
  • signé Matisse (en bas à droite)
  • mine de plomb sur papier
  • 40,5 x 26,5 cm
  • 15 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1942)
Albert Loeb & Krugier Gallery, New York
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Collection particulière, Italie

Literature

Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1995, vol. II, no. 630, reproduit p. 1219

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is fixed to the mount at the edges. The upper, lower and left edges are deckled. There are two artist pinholes towards the centre of the lower and left edges. Apart from a 1cm tear below the artist’s signature, a 3mm tear on the upper left edge and some light time-staining, this work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Matisse' (lower right), pencil on paper. Executed in Nice in 1919-20.