ID 1108824 
Lot 25  | Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500 
Picture postcard of the artist signed (‘Henri Matisse’) to ‘mon cher André Rouveyre’, n.p., 12 March 1942
139 x 89mm. Provenance: Christie's, 23 November 1998, lot 152.
A portrait of Matisse in his middle age, signed by the artist.
The caricaturist and writer André Rouveyre (1879-1962) was a lifelong friend of Matisse. The two collaborated on Matisse’s Apollinaire, first published in 1952 in memory of their friend, the critic Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918).
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) | 
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| Place of origin: | France | 
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) | 
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| Place of origin: | France | 
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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