Lot Essay
A photo-certificate from Marguerite Duthuit dated February 25, 1973 accompanies this drawing.
Property from the Collection of
BORIS LEAVITT
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait de femme
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait de femme
signed and dated bottom right 'Henri Matisse 2/44'
pen and India ink on paper
20¼ x 15¾in. (51.4 x 40cm.)
Drawn in Nice, February, 1944
Portrait de femme
signed and dated bottom right 'Henri Matisse 2/44'
pen and India ink on paper
20¼ x 15¾in. (51.4 x 40cm.)
Drawn in Nice, February, 1944
Provenance
Galerie Albert Loeb, Paris (acquired by Boris Leavitt, 1973)
Literature
T. Tzara, Le signe de la vie, Paris, 1946, p. 17 (illustrated)