LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and India ink on paper

Measurements:

15.91 in. (40.40 cm.) (height) by 20.75 in. (52.70 cm.) (width)

Edition:

4 of 44

Markings:

signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 4/44' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Neuchâtel, Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Neuchâtel, Collections Neuchâteloises, April - May 1956, no. 191.

Literature:

M. Malingue, ed., Matisse, dessins, Paris, 1949 (illustrated pl. 55).

Provenance:

Moos fils, Geneva, by 1948. Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 2008, lot 46. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.