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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROSAMOND BERNIER Vogue’s first European features editor and the founder of L’Oeil, Rosamond Bernier, established friendships with many of the leading artists of the 20th century, including Henri Matisse, Max Ernst and Alberto Giacometti. Her acclaimed lectures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York routinely sold out months in advance over the course of her thirty-year speaking career. Christie’s is honored to present works from the Estate of Mme Bernier, in memory of a vibrant life informed and surrounded by the arts.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
L’œuf de tourterelle
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
L’œuf de tourterelle
signed and inscribed with inventory number 'Henri Matisse 18' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
15 ½ x 20 7/8 in. (40.5 x 53.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1945
L’œuf de tourterelle
signed and inscribed with inventory number 'Henri Matisse 18' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
15 ½ x 20 7/8 in. (40.5 x 53.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1945
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner.
Acquired from the above by the late owner.
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