HENRI MATISSE | Paysage des environs de Toulouse, Le Pont des demoiselles

Painted in 1898.

Georges Renand, Paris
Edouard & Jeannine Chapet, Paris (by descent)

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Le Fauvisme, 1951, no. 90
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne; Munich, Haus der Kunst & Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Le Fauvisme français et les débuts de l'expressionisme allemand, 1966, no. 81, illustrated in the catalogue p. 139

Jean Guichard-Meili, Henri Matisse, son œuvre - son univers, Paris, 1967, no. 9, illustrated p. 21
Louis Aragon, Matisse: apologie du luxe, Geneva, 1946, illustrated

The board is stable. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. The board is slightly scuffed with associated small paint losses along the extreme edges, notably to the upper left and lower right corners. There are a few surface scratches in places with associated dirt engrained, notably to the sky and towards the left part of the lower edge. There are a few minor thin lines of craquelure to the most thickly applied pigment. Colours are fresh and vivid. The board is light stained. There is some frame rubbing along the extreme edges, with associated mount remnants and mount staining, most predominately to the right edge (not visible when framed). This work is in overall good condition.
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