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Portrait d'après Annelies
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait d'après Annelies
signed and dated 'Matisse' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20 3/4 x 15 7/8 in (52.8 x 40.5 cm)
Drawn in 1946
Portrait d'après Annelies
signed and dated 'Matisse' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20 3/4 x 15 7/8 in (52.8 x 40.5 cm)
Drawn in 1946
Provenance
Victor Waddington Galleries, London, by 1967.
Luigi Molina, Pavia.
Marie-Louise Jeanneret Art Moderne, by 1973.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 19 June 1998, lot 88.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Luigi Molina, Pavia.
Marie-Louise Jeanneret Art Moderne, by 1973.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 19 June 1998, lot 88.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Matisse: Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings, November 1955.
London, Victor Waddington Galleries, Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Drawings, April - May 1967, no. 11 (illustrated).
Geneva, Marie-Louise Jeanneret Art Moderne, Un dessin, une peinture, un dessin, une sculpture, June - September 1973, no. 5, p. 43 (illustrated p. 6).
London, Victor Waddington Galleries, Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Drawings, April - May 1967, no. 11 (illustrated).
Geneva, Marie-Louise Jeanneret Art Moderne, Un dessin, une peinture, un dessin, une sculpture, June - September 1973, no. 5, p. 43 (illustrated p. 6).
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