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Masters & Movements: Property from a Distinguished American Estate
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
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Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Nu assis dans l'atelier
signed 'Henri-Matisse' (lower right)
oil on canvasboard
16 1⁄8 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1917-1918
Nu assis dans l'atelier
signed 'Henri-Matisse' (lower right)
oil on canvasboard
16 1⁄8 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1917-1918
Provenance
Tore Gershmann, Stockholm (by March 1961).
Jacques O'Hana, London.
Anon. sale, Galleria d'Arte Brera, Milan, 26-28 March 1962, lot 164.
Galleria d'Arte Brera, Milan (1964).
Alphonse Bellier, Paris (1965).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zurich.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (acquired from the above, 24 June 1968).
Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zurich (acquired from the above, 14 July 1971).
Anon. sale, Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich, 24 October 1979, lot 31.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1989, lot 256.
Malcolm Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.
Acquired by the late owner, 10 February 1997.
Jacques O'Hana, London.
Anon. sale, Galleria d'Arte Brera, Milan, 26-28 March 1962, lot 164.
Galleria d'Arte Brera, Milan (1964).
Alphonse Bellier, Paris (1965).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zurich.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (acquired from the above, 24 June 1968).
Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zurich (acquired from the above, 14 July 1971).
Anon. sale, Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich, 24 October 1979, lot 31.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1989, lot 256.
Malcolm Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.
Acquired by the late owner, 10 February 1997.
Literature
M. Luzi, L'opera di Matisse dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo, 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, p. 97, no. 263 (illustrated).
S. Campbell, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, New Haven and London, 2010, p. 304, no. 491 (illustrated).
F. Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse, Prévessin-Moëns, 2025, p. 265, no. 17.030 (illustrated).
S. Campbell, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, New Haven and London, 2010, p. 304, no. 491 (illustrated).
F. Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse, Prévessin-Moëns, 2025, p. 265, no. 17.030 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(possibly) Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen, Föreningen Fransk Konst—Fransk Genombrottskonst Fran Nittonhundratalet: Bonnard, Braque, de la Fresnaye, Derain, Léger, Matisse, Picasso, Utrillo, March-June 1931, p. 28, no. 96 (titled Akt).
Further Details
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Présenté par
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale