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Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Femme au chapeau fleuri
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Femme au chapeau fleuri
signed 'Henri. Matisse' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 7⁄8 x 23 ¾ in. (73.2 x 60.1 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Femme au chapeau fleuri
signed 'Henri. Matisse' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 7⁄8 x 23 ¾ in. (73.2 x 60.1 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris.
Baroness Eva Gebhard Gourgaud, Paris and New York (possibly acquired from the above, 1923); Estate sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 16 March 1960, lot 66.
Alfred and Dorothy Strelsin, New York and Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1986.
Baroness Eva Gebhard Gourgaud, Paris and New York (possibly acquired from the above, 1923); Estate sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 16 March 1960, lot 66.
Alfred and Dorothy Strelsin, New York and Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1986.
Literature
P. Courthion, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1934 (illustrated, pl. XLIII).
R. Escholier, Matisse: Ce vivant, Paris, 1956, p. 183.
I. Monod-Fontaine, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1979, p. 52.
R. Bernier, Matisse, Picasso, Miro: As I Knew Them, New York, 1991, p. 16 (illustrated in color).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Matisse, Paris, 1995, vol. II, p. 1136, no. 568 (illustrated).
R. Escholier, Matisse: Ce vivant, Paris, 1956, p. 183.
I. Monod-Fontaine, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1979, p. 52.
R. Bernier, Matisse, Picasso, Miro: As I Knew Them, New York, 1991, p. 16 (illustrated in color).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Matisse, Paris, 1995, vol. II, p. 1136, no. 568 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice, November 1986-March 1987, p. 314, no. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 200, pl. 156).
Further Details
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Imogen Kerr
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale