Modern & Contemporary Day Auction

Henri Matisse

Deux femmes assises

Artist's Resale RightVAT reduced rate

Auction Closed

June 30, 02:45 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Henri Matisse

1869 - 1954

Deux femmes assises

signed Henri Matisse (lower right) and dated 12.VI.38 (lower left)

charcoal, estompe and chalk on paper

61.8 by 41.1cm., 24⅜ by 16⅛in.

Framed: 100 by 80.2cm., 39⅜ by 31⅝in.

Executed on 12th June 1938.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Wanda de Guébriant.

Estate of the artist

Pierre Matisse, New York (the artist's son; by descent from the above)

Private Collection, New York

Acquavella Galleries, New York

Jan Krugier & Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski (acquired from the above in May 2001. Sold by his estate: Sotheby's, London, 23rd June 2014, lot 5)

Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)

Alon Zakaim Fine Art, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Christian Zervos, 'Dessins récents de Henri Matisse', in Cahiers d'Art, 1939, illustrated p. 9
Lydia Delectorskaya, …l’apparente facilité… Henri Matisse, Peintures de 1935-1939, Paris, 1986, illustrated p. 264