Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Les mouettes

Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Les mouettes
signed 'Henri Matisse' (lower left)
oil on canvas
10.5/8 x 16.1/8 in. (27 x 41 cm.)
Painted in Étretat, 1920
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the artist, 23 September 1920).
Mme. Vildrac (acquired from the above, 8 November 1920).
Galerie Valentin Dudensing, Paris.
Sam A. Lewisohn, Cambridge, Massaschusetts.
Roland and Virginia Llewisohn Kahn.
D. Llewisohn.
Janet Traeger Salz, New York.
Rocco DeSimone, Johnston, Rhode Island.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Matisse, Paris, 1995, vol. II, p. 894, no. 405 (illustrated, p. 895).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Henri Matisse, October-November 1920, no. 46 (illustrated).
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, French Paintings of the 19th and 20th Century, July-September 1967.

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