Masterpieces from the Lewis Collection
Henri Matisse
Autoportrait
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Henri Matisse
1869 - 1954
Autoportrait
signed with the initials HM (lower centre); signed H. Matisse and dated 1939 (lower right)
pencil on paper
37.1 by 26.7 cm. 14⅝ by 10½ in.
Executed in 1939.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the late Wanda de Guébriant.
Jean Matisse, Paris (the artist’s son; acquired from the artist)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above and until May 1984)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Duncan Macguigan, New York
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1992, lot 36
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
New York, Acquavella Galleries Inc., Paul Maze Exhibition, 1972, no. 16
New York, Acquavella Galleries, XIX & XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, 1984, no. 23, p. 52, illustrated; illustrated on the cover
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Henri Matisse, 1984-85, no. 120, p. 58
Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, 1985, no. 143, pp. 57 and 65, illustrated
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