Portrait de Lydia
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Portrait de Lydia
signed and dated 'H. Matisse 1945' (upper left)
brush and India ink on paper
20 ¾ x 15 7⁄8 in. (53.1 x 40.2 cm.)
Painted in Nice in 1945
Portrait de Lydia
signed and dated 'H. Matisse 1945' (upper left)
brush and India ink on paper
20 ¾ x 15 7⁄8 in. (53.1 x 40.2 cm.)
Painted in Nice in 1945
Provenance
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 1989.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 1989.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Monet to Matisse: A Century of Art in France from Southern California Collections, 1991, p. 126 (illustrated; incorrectly dated 1936).
Further Details
The late Marguerite Duthuit confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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