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HENRI MATISSE

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HENRI MATISSE

Jeune fille assise au bouquet de fleurs (D. 438)

lithograph, 1923, on Japan, signed in pencil, inscribed 'epreuve d'artiste', 'à Mlle Henriette Darnicarrière' and numbered 5/10 (the edition was 50), with full margins, extremely pale mat staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 10 5/8 x 7 3/8in. (275 x 187mm.)

Lot Essay

In 1921 Matisse took an apartment on the Place Charles-Felix in Nice. His first and favorite model was the beautiful and elegant Henriette Darricarrière. She was to model for him in various guises from pensive girl to moorish odalisque for the next six years.