HENRI MATISSE French, 1869-1954
Figure Reading, in front of Moucharaby | Figure lisant, fond moucharabieh, 1929
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching on Chine Appliqué on Wove Paper
Paper size: 37.8 x 28.2 cm. / 14.9 x 11.1 in.
Image size: 27 x 20.7 cm. / 10.6 x 8 in.
Image size: 27 x 20.7 cm. / 10.6 x 8 in.
This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Henri Matisse” in the lower right margin.
It is also hand inscribed ‘essai’ [proof], in the lower right margin.
This impression is one of only two annotated ‘essai’, aside from the standard edition of 15.
Provenance: Collector's mark Marcel Louis Guerin (1873-1948), Lugt 1872b.
Galerie R.-G. Michel, 17 quai Saint Michel, Paris.
Gallery Nordqvist, Malmö. Acquired from the above in 1952.
Private Collection, Scandinavia.
Literature: Duthuit C. (1983). Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonné de L’Oeuvre Grave Tome II, Paris.
Reference: Duthuit 132
Condition: Very good condition. A minor paper loss at the centre of the lower sheet edge. The sheet with scattered pinpoint foxing. Remnants of hinging along the upper sheet edge, verso.
It is also hand inscribed ‘essai’ [proof], in the lower right margin.
This impression is one of only two annotated ‘essai’, aside from the standard edition of 15.
Provenance: Collector's mark Marcel Louis Guerin (1873-1948), Lugt 1872b.
Galerie R.-G. Michel, 17 quai Saint Michel, Paris.
Gallery Nordqvist, Malmö. Acquired from the above in 1952.
Private Collection, Scandinavia.
Literature: Duthuit C. (1983). Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonné de L’Oeuvre Grave Tome II, Paris.
Reference: Duthuit 132
Condition: Very good condition. A minor paper loss at the centre of the lower sheet edge. The sheet with scattered pinpoint foxing. Remnants of hinging along the upper sheet edge, verso.
$ 13,000.00
