Figure de dos au collier noir

Details

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Figure de dos au collier noir
lithograph, 1906, on Japan paper, signed in black ink, numbered 20/25, the full sheet, some pale time-staining, otherwise in good condition, framed

Image 410 x 275 mm.; Sheet 450 x 280 mm.

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 20-21 November 1985, lot 446.
With Waddington Gallery, London (their label verso).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Duthuit-Matisse 402

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

This rare lithograph dates from 1906, the year Matisse made his first lithographs, in the early years of Fauvism. The edition of this print was not usually signed, however the present impression carries an occasional signature of the period. The drawing upon which the lithograph was based was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2013 ($125,000).

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