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Nu assis, bras levé
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Nu assis, bras levé
signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'H.M 3/10 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the right thigh)
bronze with dark brown patina
height (excluding base): 10 1/4 in. (25.5 cm.)
Conceived in Nice in 1949, and cast in 1958 in a numbered edition of 11, numbered 0/10 to 10/10
Nu assis, bras levé
signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'H.M 3/10 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the right thigh)
bronze with dark brown patina
height (excluding base): 10 1/4 in. (25.5 cm.)
Conceived in Nice in 1949, and cast in 1958 in a numbered edition of 11, numbered 0/10 to 10/10
Provenance
Mr & Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Rita & Taft Schreiber, Los Angeles, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Acquired by the present owner by 1991.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Rita & Taft Schreiber, Los Angeles, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Acquired by the present owner by 1991.
Literature
C. Duthuit & W. de Guébriant, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, no. 81, p. 230 (another cast illustrated pp. 231 & 233).
Special Notice
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