Property from a Private Collection
Henri Matisse
Portrait d'Alicia Penalba
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Henri Matisse
1869 - 1954
Portrait d'Alicia Penalba
signed H. matisse, dated avril 49 and dedicated à Alicia Pérez Penalba (lower left)
charcoal on paper
40.5 by 52.5 cm. 15⅞ by 20⅝ in.
Framed: 69.5 by 80.4 cm. 27⅜ by 31⅝ in.
Executed in Nice in 1949.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the late Wanda de Guébriant.
Alicia Pérez Penalba, Paris (acquired as a gift from the artist and until at least 1969)
Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1988, lot 414
Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town (acquired from the above sale)
Private Collection, Australia (acquired from the above in 1988)
Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2007, lot 173 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, À la rencontre de Matisse, 1969, no. 85, n.p., illustrated
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