Lot Essay
A photo-certificate from Marguerite Duthuit dated Paris, November 25, 1979 accompanies this sculpture.
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Nu assis appuyé sur les mains
signed with initials and numbered on the right foot HM 9/10--bronze with dark brown patina
Length: 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.)
Original version conceived in 1905; this bronze version cast at a later date, number nine in an edition of ten
Nu assis appuyé sur les mains
signed with initials and numbered on the right foot HM 9/10--bronze with dark brown patina
Length: 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.)
Original version conceived in 1905; this bronze version cast at a later date, number nine in an edition of ten
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (1948)
Sidney Schoenberg, St. Louis
Schoenberg Foundation, St. Louis
Adler/Castillo, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1980)
Sidney Schoenberg, St. Louis
Schoenberg Foundation, St. Louis
Adler/Castillo, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1980)
Literature
A. Elsen, The Sculpture of Matisse, New York, 1972, no. 72 (another cast illustrated, p. 62)
A. Legg, The Sculpture of Matisse, New York, 1972, no. 17 (another cast illustrated, p. 16)
P. Schneider, Pierre Matisse, London, 1984, p. 545 (another cast illustrated)
J. Flam, Matisse, The Man and his Art, 1869-1918, London, 1986,
no. 170 (another cast illustrated, p. 180)
A. Legg, The Sculpture of Matisse, New York, 1972, no. 17 (another cast illustrated, p. 16)
P. Schneider, Pierre Matisse, London, 1984, p. 545 (another cast illustrated)
J. Flam, Matisse, The Man and his Art, 1869-1918, London, 1986,
no. 170 (another cast illustrated, p. 180)
Exhibited
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, The Sculpture and Drawings of Henri Matisse, Aug.-Sept., 1984, no. 15 (illustrated and incorrectly numbered). This exhibition traveled to London, Hayward Gallery, Oct., 1984-Jan., 1985; Leeds, City Art Gallery, Jan.-March, 1985.