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Henri Matisse
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Description
- Henri Matisse
- PORTRAIT D'ALICIA PENALBA
signed H. Matisse, dated Avril 49 and dedicated à Alicia Pérez Penalba (lower left)
black crayon on paper
- 40.6 by 52.8cm., 16 by 20 3/8 in.
Provenance
Alicia Pérez Penalba (a gift from the artist)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 29th June 1988, lot 414
Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 29th June 1988, lot 414
Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988
Exhibited
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, À la rencontre de Matisse, 1969, no. 85
Catalogue Note
Alicia Penalba was an Argentinian sculptor who arrived in Paris in 1948 to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and who later worked in Zadkine's studio.