Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
The Collector's Eye: Works from The Collection of Frances Wells Magee
Henri Matisse
Femme assise sur un balcon
Auction Closed
May 17, 12:56 AM GMT
Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collector's Eye: Works from The Collection of Frances Wells Magee
Henri Matisse
1869 - 1954
Femme assise sur un balcon
signed Henri. Matisse (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 ⅛ by 14 ⅞ in. 46.2 by 37.7 cm.
Executed in Nice in 1920-21.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.
Gaston Bernheim de Villiers, Paris (acquired in 1921)
Etienne Bignou, Paris
Charles S. Carstairs, New York (acquired from the above through M. Knoedler & Co. in December 1926)
Valentine Gallery, New York (acquired from the estate of the above through M. Knoedler & Co. in July 1929)
Samuel A. Lewisohn, New York (acquired from the above on 23 December 1929)
Dorothy Lehman Bernhard, New York (acquired by descent from the above by 1954)
Mr. Robert and Mrs. Frances Wells Bernhard, New York (acquired as a gift from the above by 1973)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Etienne Bignou, Paris
Charles S. Carstairs, New York (acquired from the above through M. Knoedler & Co. in December 1926)
Valentine Gallery, New York (acquired from the estate of the above through M. Knoedler & Co. in July 1929)
Samuel A. Lewisohn, New York (acquired from the above on 23 December 1929)
Dorothy Lehman Bernhard, New York (acquired by descent from the above by 1954)
Mr. Robert and Mrs. Frances Wells Bernhard, New York (acquired as a gift from the above by 1973)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Cahiers d'art 1940-44, Paris, 1944, p. 129, illustrated (titled Baigneuse)
Exh. Cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930, 1986-87, p. 151, pl. 104, illustrated in color (titled Femme au balcon, à l’ombrelle verte, de profil)
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Matisse: Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, vol. II, Paris, 1995, no. 448, p. 968, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930, 1986-87, p. 151, pl. 104, illustrated in color (titled Femme au balcon, à l’ombrelle verte, de profil)
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Matisse: Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, vol. II, Paris, 1995, no. 448, p. 968, illustrated
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Henri Matisse, 1954, pl. 4, illustrated
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Henri Matisse, 1973, pl. 16, illustrated in color (titled Femme à l’ombrelle, sur le balcon and dated 1918)
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Henri Matisse, 1973, pl. 16, illustrated in color (titled Femme à l’ombrelle, sur le balcon and dated 1918)