ID 990415
Lot 310 | HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Madame Jacqueline Leriche
signed, dated and inscribed 'J.L. H Matisse 2/43' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (52.8 x 40.4 cm.)
Drawn in February 1943
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Marguerite Duthuit, Paris, by descent from the above.
Agnes Widlund [Konstsalongen Samlaren], Stockholm, a gift from the above.
Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm (no. 575), by 1958.
Héléne Ahrenberg, Stockholm, by descent from the above in 1970.
Anonymous sale, Bukowskis, Stockholm, 27 April 1998, lot 273.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 10 February 2005, lot 716.
Piccadilly Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Exhibited
Liège, Musée des beaux-arts, Henri Matisse, Apollon: Collection Theodor Ahrenberg, May - July 1958, no. 11, n.p (titled 'Tête de femme').
Gothenburg, Konsthallen, Henri Matisse ur Theodor Ahrenbergs samling, March - April 1960 (titled 'Kvinnohuvud').
Lund, Konsthallen, Moderne verdenskunst fra Ahrenbergs samling i Stockholm, January 1961, no. 119, p. 14 (titled 'Tête de femme'); this exhibition later travelled to Odense, Fyns Stiftsmuseum, February - March 1961; and Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Rådhus, March - April 1961.
Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, 3. Internationale der Zeichnung, Sonderausstellung Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, August - November 1970, no. 54, p. 150 (titled 'Portrait L.J.').
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Post lot text
The late Wanda de Guébriant confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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