Nu debout

Details

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nu debout
signed 'Henri Matisse' (lower right)
pencil on paper
12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.6 x 24.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1908-1909

Provenance

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (no. 6369).
E. Weyhe, New York.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York, by 1941; his sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 22 March 1945, lot 23.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1964, lot 54.
Lord & Lady Bernstein, London.
Private collection, London, a gift from the above in the 1980s.

Exhibited

Virginia, The Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., January - March 1941, no. 126, p. 75; this exhibition later travelled to Philadelphia, The Museum of Art.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

Wanda de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

According to Wanda de Guébriant this work is a study for the oil Nu noir et or, circa 1908-1909 (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).

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