拍品 121
  • 121

HENRI MATISSE | Nature morte aux ananas et anémones

估價
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • Henri Matisse
  • Nature morte aux ananas et anémones
  • signed Henri Matisse and dated mars 40 (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 40.7 by 53cm., 16 by 20 7/8 in.
  • Drawn in March 1940.

來源

Estate of the Artist
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York
Sharyn Bey (acquired from the above circa 1987; sale: Christie's, London, 3rd February 2010, lot 249)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

出版

Lydia Delectorskaya, Henri Matisse. Contre vents et marées. Peintures et livres illustrés de 1939 à 1943, Paris, 1996, illustrated p. 80 (titled Ananas et anémones)

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in three places along the upper edge. The edges are deckled and there are artist's pinholes to all four corners. There is a repaired tear approximately 4cm. long to the upper left corner and a further repaired tear under 1cm. long to the centre of the lower edge. There is some light mount staining to the edges, not visible when framed, and two tiny flecks of foxing to the sheet. The work is in overall good condition.
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拍品資料及來源

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