ID 1164062
Lot 259 | HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Portrait de femme
signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 37' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
15 x 11 1⁄8 in. (38.1 x 28.3 cm.)
Executed in 1937
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Pierre Matisse, New York.
John Rewald, New York.
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York.
Dr Arthur & Anita Kahn, New York, by whom acquired from the above in February 1968; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 2015, lot 1017.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, The Presence of lngres, Important Works by lngres, Chassériau, Degas, Picasso, Matisse and Balthus, November - December 1988, no. 46, n.p..
Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, Poets and Painters, June - September 1997, p. 76 (illustrated p. 60; titled 'Portrait of a Woman's Head').
Further details
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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Applied technique: | Ball pen |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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Applied technique: | Ball pen |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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