HENRI MATISSE | Collioure, Plage St. Vincent

Estate of the artist
Lumley-Cazalet, London
Ronald S. Lauder, New York (acquired in 1989)
Jem & Betty Hom, Richmond, Virginia
Steve Banks Fine Arts, San Francisco
Acquired from the above on February 6, 2006

Paris, Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Henri Matisse Aquarelles—Dessins, 1962, no. 9
Cateau-Cambrésis, Musée départemental Matisse & Céret, Musée départemental d'art moderne, Matisse-Derain, Collioure 1905, un été fauve, 2005-06, no. 74, illustrated in color in the catalogue

The work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper laid down on paper, laid down on card, t-hinged at three places along the upper edge. There are pinholes to the card at the lower left and right corners. There are remnants of adhesive at all four corners on the card that the work is mounted on, likely from a previous mounting. There is some scattered possible foxing to the card that the work is mounted on. The title is written in pencil along the lower right edge of the card. The sheet is slightly faded and there is some light staining, most notably in the center left of the composition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Wanda de Guébriant.