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Property from a Private Collection

Henri Matisse

Nu lisant

Auction Closed

March 5, 04:45 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Henri Matisse

1869 - 1954


Nu lisant

signed with the initials Hm (lower right)

lithographic crayon on transfer paper

50.1 by 32.6 cm. 19¾ by 12¾ in.

Framed: 74.4 by 56.7 cm. 25⅜ by 22⅜ in.

Executed circa 1913-14. 


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.

Estate of Auguste Clot, Paris

Fondation Capa, Geneva

Waddington Galleries, London

Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1991, lot 139 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above sale)

Gianni Versace, New York

Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 291 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Cannes, Galerie Herbage, Henri Matisse, Dessins, lithographies, sculptures, 1981, no. 5

New York, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Crosscurrents: Americans in Paris, 1900-1940, 1993, no. 41, p. 47 (titled Nude Reading)