The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Day Auction

The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Day Auction

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The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined

Henri Matisse

Tête de femme

Auction Closed

November 9, 06:24 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined

Henri Matisse

1869 - 1954


Tête de femme 

signed with the artist's initials (lower right)

brush and ink on paper

14½ by 14¼ in.

36.8 by 36.2 cm.

Executed in 1952. 


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.

Estate of the artist
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired by 1960)
Brook Street Gallery, London (acquired in 1968)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired in 1969)
The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in May 1970 by the present owner
London, Brook Street Gallery, XXth Century Masters - Drawings and Watercolors, 1968, no. 37
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Watercolors Drawings Gouaches, 1969, no. 39, illustrated in color