HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) Jeune femme au canapé signed and dated 'H Matisse 44' (lower left) oil on canvas 46 x 27 cm. (18 1⁄8 x 10. 5⁄8 in.) Painted in 1944
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) Jeune femme au canapé signed and dated 'H Matisse 44' (lower left) oil on canvas 46 x 27 cm. (18 1⁄8 x 10. 5⁄8 in.) Painted in 1944
Estate of the artist Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Galerie de l'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris, by 1972 Madame Carrére de Lessing (acquired from the above) Hans Ravenborg, Hamburg (acquired from the above, 1994); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2001, lot 57 Frederic C. Hamilton, Denver (acquired from the above) Gifted from the above to the present owner, 2002
Denver Art Museum, Retrospectacle: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Art, November 2002-August 2003. Denver Art Museum, Focus: The Figure, August 2008-February 2011.
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.