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This majestic classical portrait depicts Henriette Darricarrière, a model frequently used during Matisse's Nice period in the 1920s. It is regarded as Matisse's most important print.
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HENRI MATISSE
Grande Odalisque à la culotte bayadère (D. 455)
lithograph, 1925, on Chine, a fine, rich impression of this rare print, signed in pencil, numbered 35/50, with wide margins, two tiny and skillfully touched spots in the trousers at right, several pale fox marks showing mainly on the reverse, remains of old Japanese paper tape and attendant traces of old glue in places along the reverse of the margin edges, generally in exceptionally good condition, framed
L. 21 3/8 x 17 1/4in. (543 x 438mm.)
S. 27 x 21 1/8in. (686 x 535mm.)
Grande Odalisque à la culotte bayadère (D. 455)
lithograph, 1925, on Chine, a fine, rich impression of this rare print, signed in pencil, numbered 35/50, with wide margins, two tiny and skillfully touched spots in the trousers at right, several pale fox marks showing mainly on the reverse, remains of old Japanese paper tape and attendant traces of old glue in places along the reverse of the margin edges, generally in exceptionally good condition, framed
L. 21 3/8 x 17 1/4in. (543 x 438mm.)
S. 27 x 21 1/8in. (686 x 535mm.)