The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara & Ira Lipman
Henri Matisse
Vénus assise
Lot Closed
November 19, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara & Ira Lipman
Henri Matisse
1869 - 1954
Vénus assise
Inscribed with the initials HM., numbered 9 and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue
Bronze
Height: 9 in. (22.8 cm)
Conceived in 1918 and cast in a numbered edition of 10 by the Valsuani Foundry, Paris between 1929 and 1954; this example cast in 1952.
Estate of the artist
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York
Saul Steinberg, New York (and sold: Replica Shoes 's, New York, May 26, 1976, lot 67)
Private Collection (and sold: Replica Shoes 's, New York, May 12, 1987, lot 288)
Acquired at the above sale
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York
Saul Steinberg, New York (and sold: Replica Shoes 's, New York, May 26, 1976, lot 67)
Private Collection (and sold: Replica Shoes 's, New York, May 12, 1987, lot 288)
Acquired at the above sale
Albert E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1972, illustrations of another cast figs. 187-89,
Alicia Legg, The Sculpture of Matisse, New York, 1972, no. 51, illustration of another cast p. 33
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London & New York, 1984, no. 53, illustration of another cast n.p.
Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse, L'Oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 61, illustrations of another cast p. 142-43
Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse, L'Oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, no. 61, illustration of another cast p. 171
Alicia Legg, The Sculpture of Matisse, New York, 1972, no. 51, illustration of another cast p. 33
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London & New York, 1984, no. 53, illustration of another cast n.p.
Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse, L'Oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 61, illustrations of another cast p. 142-43
Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse, L'Oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, no. 61, illustration of another cast p. 171
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