Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Petit nu accroupi avec bras

Details

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Petit nu accroupi avec bras
inscribed with the initials, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'HM 6/10 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
5 3/4in. (14.5cm.) high
Conceived in 1908 and cast in an edition of six in 1930

Provenance

Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin
Galerie Samlaren, Agnes Widlund, Stockholm
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, 19 November 1986, lot 124

Literature

A. E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York 1971, no. 125 (another cast illustrated p. 100).
I. Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London 1954, no. 29 (another cast illustrated).
C. Duthuit & W. de Gubriant, Henri Matisse: l'Oeuvre Sculpt, Paris 1997, no. 37, p. 96 (another cast illustrated).

Lot Essay

Conceived in 1908, this sculpture is based on a photograph of a model which was reproduced in the magazine Le Modle Photographique (see Duthuit (op. cit.) p. 384 Note 16). This work is recorded in the Matisse family list of bronzes under no. M135.

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