Lot 437
  • 437

Henri Matisse

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • Bouquet au fauteuil rocaille, Nice
  • Signed with the initials HM (lower left)

  • Black crayon on paper
  • 20 3/4 by 16 in.
  • 52.7 by 40.6 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
The Waddington Galleries, London
Miss A. Weber, London (acquired from the above in 1975)
Marlborough Replica Handbags , London
Sale: Christie's, London, March 31, 1981, lot 241
Sale: Christie's, London, June 28, 1988, lot 387
Private collects ion, New York
Phyllis Hattis Replica Handbags s, New York
Private collects ion, London (acquired from the above)

Exhibited

London, Victor Waddington, Henri Matisse: Drawings (1919 to 1952), 1972, no. 9, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. T-hinged to a mount at two places along the top edge. Artist's pinholes at the top two corners. Watermark in lower left corner. Some smudging at lower right which seems inherent to the artist's process. Some minor discoloration at the extreme edges of the sheet. On verso, tape residue in extreme lower corners. Otherwise fine. Color: Line is stronger and sheet tone creamier than in catalogue illustration.
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