拍品 338
  • 338

HENRI MATISSE | Étude de nus

估價
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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描述

  • Henri Matisse
  • Étude de nus
  • signed Henri Matisse and dated 20 (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 38.4 by 28.2cm., 15 1/8 by 11 1/4 in.
  • Drawn in 1920.

來源

Pierre Matisse, New York (by descent from the artist)
Pierre-Noël Matisse (by descent from the above; sale: Christie's, New York, 4th November 2010, lot 150)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 6th February 2013, lot 365
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

展覽

Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Henri Matisse, Figure Color Space, 2005-2006, no. 84, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached in places to a backing board and floating in the mount. All four edges are deckled. There are 5 pinholes to the centre of the upper edge. There are a few small spots of foxing predominantly around the edges, all of which could be removed. The sheet is gently undulating and there are some handling marks in places, possibly studio. Overall the work is in good condition.
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拍品資料及來源

The present work is closely related to Matisse's 1921 oil entitled Nu assis au turban, reflété dans le miroir bequeathed by Sam and Ayala Zacks to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.

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