ID 990437
Lot 320 | HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Nu assis, bras levé
signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'H.M 3/10 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the right thigh)
bronze with dark brown patina
height (excluding base): 10 1/4 in. (25.5 cm.)
Conceived in Nice in 1949, and cast in 1958 in a numbered edition of 11, numbered 0/10 to 10/10
Provenance
Mr & Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Rita & Taft Schreiber, Los Angeles, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Acquired by the present owner by 1991.
Literature
C. Duthuit & W. de Guébriant, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, no. 81, p. 230 (another cast illustrated pp. 231 & 233).
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. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statuettes |
| Artist: | Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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