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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JACQUELYN MILLER MATISSE
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
La vie (Torse avec tête)
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
La vie (Torse avec tête)
signed and numbered 'Henri-Matisse 1/10' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 9 in. (22.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1906; this bronze version cast circa 1908
La vie (Torse avec tête)
signed and numbered 'Henri-Matisse 1/10' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 9 in. (22.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1906; this bronze version cast circa 1908
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (January 1913).
Paul Guillaume, Paris (Septemer 1918).
Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm; Estate sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1960, lot 18.
Pierre Matisse, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Pierre-Noël Matisse, Paris (by descent from the above).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Paul Guillaume, Paris (Septemer 1918).
Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm; Estate sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1960, lot 18.
Pierre Matisse, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Pierre-Noël Matisse, Paris (by descent from the above).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
I. Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London, 1984, p. 145 (another cast illustrated, pl. 20).
J. Flam, Matisse: The Man and His Art, New York, 1986, p. 182, no. 174 (another cast illustrated in color).
C. Duthuit and W. de Guébriant, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, p. 56, no. 23 (another cast illustrated, p. 56-58).
J. Flam, Matisse: The Man and His Art, New York, 1986, p. 182, no. 174 (another cast illustrated in color).
C. Duthuit and W. de Guébriant, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, p. 56, no. 23 (another cast illustrated, p. 56-58).
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Helsinki and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège, Henri Matisse, Apollon: Samling Theodore Ahrenberg, December 1957-January 1958, no. 147.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Henri Matisse: Das plastische Werk: Sämtliche Plastiken des Meisters sowie Zeichnungen, Graphik und Collagen als Leihgaben der Sammlung Ahrenberg, July-August 1959, p. 10, no. 22 (illustrated).
Sweden, Göteborgs Konstförening, Henri Matisse ur Theodor Ahrenbergs samling, March-April 1960, p. 17, no. 177.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Henri Matisse: Das plastische Werk: Sämtliche Plastiken des Meisters sowie Zeichnungen, Graphik und Collagen als Leihgaben der Sammlung Ahrenberg, July-August 1959, p. 10, no. 22 (illustrated).
Sweden, Göteborgs Konstförening, Henri Matisse ur Theodor Ahrenbergs samling, March-April 1960, p. 17, no. 177.
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