Rembrandt to Richter
Rembrandt to Richter
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Auction Closed
July 28, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000,000 - 12,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
HENRI MATISSE
1869 - 1954
DANSEUSE DANS UN INTÉRIEUR, CARRELAGE VERT ET NOIR
signed Henri Matisse and dated 8/42 (lower right)
oil on canvas
49.9 by 61cm., 19⅝ by 24in.
Painted on 21st & 22nd August 1942.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.
Martin Fabiani, Paris (acquired by 1943)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989
H. Matisse & A. Lejard (eds.), Matisse: 16 peintures, 1939-1943, Paris, 1943, illustrated in colour pl. IX (with inverted measurements)
L. Venturi, La peinture contemporaine, Milan, 1947, illustrated in its first state pl. 13
H. Matisse & A. Lejard (eds.), Matisse: 16 peintures, 1939-1946, Paris, 1950, illustrated in colour pl. IX (with inverted measurements)
G. di San Lazzaro, ‘Hommage à Henri Matisse’, XXE siècle, Paris, 1970, illustrated p. 120 (titled Danseuse au tutu bleu)
L. Delectorskaya, Henri Matisse: Contre vents et marées: Peinture et livres illustrés de 1939 à 1943, Paris, 1996, illustrated in colour p. 371
Lucerne, Musée des Beaux-Arts Lucerne, Henri Matisse, 1949, no. 109, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Danseuse assise dans un fauteuil jaune)