Lot 439
  • 439

Henri Matisse

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • Nu au bain
  • Signed with initials HM. (lower right)
  • Lithographic crayon on paper
  • 17 1/2 by 11 in.
  • 44.5 by 27.9 cm

Provenance

Fondation Capa, Geneva
Waddington Galleries, London
James Goodman Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Herbage, Henri Matisse Drawings, Lithographs and Sculpture 1906-1952, 1981, no. 4

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. Mounted to a mat at four corners. Surface dirt at extreme edges. Artist's pinhole at top two corners. Three to four minor quarter-inch tears along left edge. Sheet is slightly time-darkened. Good condition.
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