Lot 45
  • 45

Henri Matisse

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • La Pompadour: Plate I (D. 664)
  • Signed lower left in pencil; titled and numbered lower left
    Edition 12 of 200 plus 15 artist proofs
  • Lithograph
  • image: 402 by 323 mm 15 7/8 by 12 3/4 in
  • wove support: 540 by 383 mm 21 1/4 by 15 1/8 in
Lithograph, 1951, bearing the artist's name in pencil, numbered 12 from the edition of 200 (the 200 is printed), on chine appliqué with an Arches wove support, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full wove support and appliqué. The wove support with unobtrusive, pale light-stain and inconspicuous damp-stains at the extreme bottom sheet edge showing through. Two flecks of rust in the left margin at bottom.
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