ID 1164124
Lot 260 | HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Portrait de femme (Lydia)
signed and dated 'H. Matisse nov. 47' (lower right)
Conté crayon on paper
20 ¼ x 15 7⁄8 in. (51.5 x 40.4 cm.)
Executed in Vence in November 1947
Provenance
Private collection, France, by whom acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, Paris, 3 December 2008, lot 62.
Private collection, Amsterdam.
Galerie Thomas, Munich, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
Literature
M. Malingue, ed., Matisse, Dessins, Paris, 1949, no. 89, p. 16 (illustrated p. 89; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Henri Matisse, January - March 1950, no. 23. p. 34, p. 34 (with incorrect dimensions).
Further details
The late Wanda de Guébriant confirmed the authenticity of this work in 2012.
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| 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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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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