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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Henri Matisse

Buste de femme

Auction Closed

May 16, 09:00 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Henri Matisse 

1869 – 1954  

 

Buste de femme 

signed H Matisse and dated Mars 46 (lower right) 

charcoal on paper laid down on board 

23 ¼ by 15 ½ in. 

59.1 by 39.4 cm. 

Executed in March 1946. 


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.

Private Collection, France

Christie’s, New York, 15 November 1988, lot 179 

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Salon de l’Hôtel de Ville, Chefs d’oeuvre de collections privées de Gauguin à Kupka, February - March 1967