HENRI MATISSE | UN HOMMAGE À MADAME PIERRINE ISSERT
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December 17, 05:32 PM GMT
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HENRI MATISSE
(1869 - 1954)
UN HOMMAGE À MADAME PIERRINE ISSERT
Signed Henri Matisse, dated Vence 1/44 and dedicated en hommage à P. Issert (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
6⅝ by 10½ in. (16.8 by 26.7 cm)
Framed: 12⅞ by 16½ in. (32.7 by 41.9 cm)
Executed in Vence in January 1944 on the frontispiece of the book Le Visage de Matisse.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.
Pierrine Issert, Paris (a gift from the artist)
Private Collection, Paris
John L. Sinn, New York (acquired from the above circa 1955)
Thence by descent