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Timeless Nature: Property from a Private New York Collection

Henri Matisse

Jeune fille se reposant 

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:13 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Timeless Nature: Property from a Private New York Collection

Henri Matisse 

1869 - 1954


Jeune fille se reposant  

stamped with the initials HM. (lower left) 

pencil on paper   

10 ⅞ by 15 in. 

27.6 by 38.1 cm. 

Executed in Nice in 1935. 


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the late Wanda de Guébriant.

Estate of the artist 

Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired by 1986) 

Private Collection, New York 

Thence by descent to the present owner 

Pierre Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, pp. 334-35, illustrated  

New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., XIX & XX Century Master Drawings & Watercolors, 1986, no. 18 (titled Woman Against a Checkered Ground