signed and dated on the stone at the bottom right: 'Henri Matisse | 1952'. Artwork was a part of special edition of french magazine "Verve" (vol. IX, n. 35-36), tilted "Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954" (Last artworks of Matisse 1950-54) commemorating last works of the artist and published posthumous by Teriade publisher in Paris in 1958