HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

Lot 310
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Lot 310 | HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
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HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

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.').



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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.



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