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Property of an American Diplomat

Henri Matisse

Le Modèle (Henriette)

Session begins in

November 21, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 USD

Bid

50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an American Diplomat

Henri Matisse 

1869 - 1954 


Le Modèle (Henriette) 

signed Henri-Matisse (lower right) 

charcoal and estompe on paper 

18 ⅝ by 12 ⅜ in.  

47.3 by 31.4 cm. 

Executed in 1922. 


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the late Wanda de Guébriant. 

Estate of the artist 

Private Collection (acquired from the above) 

Gerald Cramer, Geneva (acquired by 1966) 

Private Collection, Amsterdam (acquired by descent from the above) 

Galerie Berggruen, Paris (acquired by 1986) 

Leslie Sacks Fine Art, New York (acquired by 1995) 

Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 2002, lot 302  

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pierre Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, p. 516, illustrated