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Henri Matisse

Deux femmes assises

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June 30, 02:45 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Henri Matisse

1869 - 1954

Deux femmes assises


signed Henri Matisse (lower right) and dated 12.VI.38 (lower left)

charcoal, estompe and chalk on paper

61.8 by 41.1cm., 24⅜ by 16⅛in.

Framed: 100 by 80.2cm., 39⅜ by 31⅝in.

Executed on 12th June 1938.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Wanda de Guébriant.

Estate of the artist

Pierre Matisse, New York (the artist's son; by descent from the above)

Private Collection, New York

Acquavella Galleries, New York

Jan Krugier & Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski (acquired from the above in May 2001. Sold by his estate: Replica Shoes 's, London, 23rd June 2014, lot 5)

Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)

Alon Zakaim Replica Handbags , London

Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Henri Matisse: Dessins et Sculpture, 1975, no. 104, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du Dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, no. 149, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Vienna, Albertina, Goya bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2005, no. 117, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, no. 150, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Matisse 1917-1941, 2009, no. 59, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Christian Zervos, 'Dessins récents de Henri Matisse', in Cahiers d'Art, 1939, illustrated p. 9
Lydia Delectorskaya, …l’apparente facilité… Henri Matisse, Peintures de 1935-1939, Paris, 1986, illustrated p. 264