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Le bouquet
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Le bouquet
signed and dated '27 Juin 44 H Matisse' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
20 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (51.5 x 40 cm.)
Executed in Vence on 27 June 1944
Le bouquet
signed and dated '27 Juin 44 H Matisse' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
20 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (51.5 x 40 cm.)
Executed in Vence on 27 June 1944
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Private collection, Europe, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2001, lot 437.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Europe, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2001, lot 437.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Malingue, Matisse, Dessins, Paris, 1949, p. 15 (illustrated pl. 61).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Handelsbankens konstforening, 1944-1959, May 1959, no. 39, p. 10 (illustrated p. 13).
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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Further Details
The late Wanda de Guébriant confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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