ID 1209825 
Lot 555  | HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000 
Matisse, H.
Portrait de la Princesse Galitzine
signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 23/10/38' (lower right)
charcoal, brown Conté crayon and estompe on paper
26 x 20 in. (66 x 50.7 cm.)
Executed on 23 October 1938
Provenance
Private collection, Paris (gift from the artist).
Galerie Thomine, Paris.
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, March 2002.
Literature
C. Zervos, "Dessins récents de Henri Matisse" in Cahiers d'Art, 1939, vol. 14, nos. 1-4, p. 15 (illustrated).
A. Humbert, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Paris, 1956, p. 30 (illustrated; titled Femme assise).
L. Delectorskaya, With apparent ease...Henri Matisse: Paintings from 1935-1939, Paris, 1988, p. 279 (illustrated).
Further details
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) | 
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| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) | 
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