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Lot 79
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Henri Matisse

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • La lecture, nu de profil (D. 408)
  • lithograph
  • sheet 500 by 330 mm 19 5/8 by 13 in
Lithograph, 1913, signed and initialed in ink, inscribed 'epreuve d'essai' and dedicated 'à Guillaume Appolinaire cordialement', one of four trial proofs aside from the numbered edition of 50, on japon paper, framed

Condition

In good condition and the full sheet. Exposure to light has slightly darkened the paper tone overall, except in two spots at the lower sheet edges recto and along the upper sheet edge (due to hinges). The sheet corners and upper sheet edge with minor flattened creases. Slightly soiled at the sheet corners. The sheet edges verso with remains of paper tape.
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