Lot 210
  • 210

Henri Matisse

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • FEMME À LA VOILETTE ASSISE SUR UN SIÈGE AFRICAIN
  • signed HM. (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 37 by 26.2cm., 14 1/2 by 10 3/8 in.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Galerie Boutersky, Paris (acquired from the above circa 2001)
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2003

Condition

Executed on cream wover paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at the centre of the upper edge. Apart from some light mount-staining to all four edges and and some minor handling marks, this work is in good condition.
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