Henri Matisse

Lithograph, 1922, initialed in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 50, on chine, with wider margins than stated in  Duthuit, in good condition apart from minor restorations along the extreme right edge of sheet, a small loss at the upper left tip of the sheet, a 5mm tear in the upper sheet edge, a few soft handling creases; etude de nus, des rehausse, a rare unrecorded lithograph after Renoir, printed in bistre four times on the verso of the sheet

The drawing upon which the lithograph after Renoir is based is illustrated on page 19 of Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Renoir, Vol I. by Ambroise Vollard