Lot Essay
Wanda de Gubriant has confirmed the authenticity of this painting, which will be included in her forthcoming Matisse catalogue raisonn.
Nature morte au pichet et fruits (Still-Life with Pitcher and Fruit)
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nature morte au pichet et fruits (Still-Life with Pitcher and Fruit)
signed 'Henri Matisse' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 in. (38 x 46.3 cm.)
Painted in Toulouse, 1898
Nature morte au pichet et fruits (Still-Life with Pitcher and Fruit)
signed 'Henri Matisse' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 in. (38 x 46.3 cm.)
Painted in Toulouse, 1898
Provenance
Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin (1937)
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 10 December 1947, lot 66 (illustrated)
Dr. Max Goldschmidt, New York
Mr. Luchsinger-Esche, Ksnacht; sale, Christie's, London, 27 November 1964, lot 71 (illustrated in color)
Mr. Browning (acquired from the above sale)
Hilmar Reksten, Oslo
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 10 December 1947, lot 66 (illustrated)
Dr. Max Goldschmidt, New York
Mr. Luchsinger-Esche, Ksnacht; sale, Christie's, London, 27 November 1964, lot 71 (illustrated in color)
Mr. Browning (acquired from the above sale)
Hilmar Reksten, Oslo
Literature
S. Helliesen, Hilmar Reksten Samlinger, Bergen, no. 29 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chemnitz, Knig Albert Museum, Ausstellung aus Privatbesitz, 1918, no. 195.
Zurich, Kunsthaus.
Zurich, Kunsthaus.