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Tête
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Tête
signed with the initials 'HM' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20¾ x 16 in. (52.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Drawn circa 1943
Tête
signed with the initials 'HM' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20¾ x 16 in. (52.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Drawn circa 1943
Provenance
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (no. L.2779).
Mel Ferrer, Santa Barbara, CA., by whom acquired from the above by 1967, and thence to his estate.
Mrs. Lisa Soukhotine-Ferrer, Santa Barbara, CA., to whom gifted from the above.
Mel Ferrer, Santa Barbara, CA., by whom acquired from the above by 1967, and thence to his estate.
Mrs. Lisa Soukhotine-Ferrer, Santa Barbara, CA., to whom gifted from the above.
Special notice
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