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Henri Matisse
Description
- Henri Matisse
- La fenêtre ouverte
- Signed and dated Henri-Matisse 28 (lower left)
Charcoal on paper
- 24 1/2 by 18 3/4 in.
- 62.5 by 47.5 cm
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Jean Matisse, Paris (inherited from the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, May 7, 2002, lot 39)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition, 1931, no. 104
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Matisse dessins et sculpture, 1975, no. 80
London, Hayward Gallery; New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Sculpture and Drawings of Henri Matisse, 1985, no. 68 (titled La porte-fenêtre)
Literature
Florent Fels, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1929, illustrated p. 46
Albert C. Barnes and Violette de Mazia, The Art of Henri Matisse, Pennsylvania, 1933, discussed p. 185 (titled French Window)