Lot 482
  • 482

Henri Matisse

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • TORSE DE FEMME
  • inscribed HM and numbered 2
  • bronze
  • height: 8cm., 3 1/8 in.
  • height including base: 12cm., 4 3/4 in.

Provenance

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
Curt & Anja Valentin-Glazer Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1985

Exhibited

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Henri Matisse, Das platische Werk, 1959, no. 61, illustration of another cast in the catalogue
Paris, Musée National D'Art Moderne, Henri Matisse, Dessins et Sculpture, 1975, no. 224, illustration of another cast in the catalogue 

Literature

Albert E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1971, no. 216, illustration of another cast p. 160
Claude Duthuit & Wanda de Guébriant, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté établi avec la collaboration de Wanda de Guébriant, Paris, 1997, no. 72, illustration of another cast p. 208

Condition

Rich brown patina. There is a tiny spot of vert de gris to the left leg. This work is in good condition.
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