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Profil de femme
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Profil de femme
signed and inscribed 'hommage cordial à M. S. Clark Henri - Matisse' (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27.7 x 21.9 cm.)
Executed on the flyleaf of F. Fels, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1929 (No. 3 from Editions des Chroniques du jour; printed in a numbered edition of 500, this numbered 381)
Profil de femme
signed and inscribed 'hommage cordial à M. S. Clark Henri - Matisse' (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27.7 x 21.9 cm.)
Executed on the flyleaf of F. Fels, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1929 (No. 3 from Editions des Chroniques du jour; printed in a numbered edition of 500, this numbered 381)
Provenance
Private collection, United States.
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