Lot 384
  • 384

Henri Matisse

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • Femme couchée
  • Signed Henri Matisse and dated février 1928 (lower right)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 12 7/8 by 19 7/8 in.
  • 32.7 by 50.6 cm

Provenance

Albert Loeb & Krugier Gallery, New York
Virginia Lust, Greenwich, Connecticut
Arnold Herstand & Co., New York
Acquired from the above in 1988

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. Sections of a Watermark are visible in the upper corners. The sheet is fixed to the mount on the verso of each of the corners. The edges are decked and there is an artist's pinhole at upper center.
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