Lot 39
  • 39

Henri Matisse

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • L'Éventail de Mademoiselle Malarmé
  • stamped with the artist’s monogram (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 15 1/4 x 11 in.

Provenance

Family of the artist
Lumley Cazalet, London
Jem Hom, New York
Private Collection, California
Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, Texas (by 2005)
Estate of Ivan Bowen, Minnesota (sold: Chicago, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, 13th may 2013, lot 1035)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount with restorer tape along the upper edge. The all four edges are deckled. There are some flattened creases in places including accross the upper right corner. There a few pinsize spots of discolouration in places (visible in the catalogue illustration). There are some faint handling marks predominately along the edges. This work is in very good condition.
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