Lot 108
  • 108

Henri Matisse

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • Portrait de Greta Prozor
  • signed Henri - Matisse and dedicated à Halversen cordialement  (lower left)
  • pencil on paper
  • 55.3 by 37cm., 21¾ by 14½in.

Provenance

Halversen Collection (a gift from the artist)
F. Mundler, Lausanne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003

Condition

Executed on white wove paper and fixed to the mount in eight places around the edges. There is a minor nick to the extreme upper right corner. There is a 2.5cm. vertical repaired tear on the left of the lower edge, with some other minor nicks along the bottom edge towards the right. Otherwise the work is in good condition.
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