Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE ELLIS SIMON
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Nu appuyé sur les mains

Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nu appuyé sur les mains
inscribed with initials 'H.M.' (on the knee)
bronze with brown patina
Length: 95/8 in. (24.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1905; this bronze version cast circa 1908
Provenance
Michael and Sarah Stein, Paris (1908).
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Simon, Los Angeles (acquired from the above, 1955). Lucille Ellis Simon, Los Angeles.
Literature
A.H. Barr Jr., Matisse, His Art and His Public, London, 1951, p. 326 (another cast illustrated).
I. Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London, 1984, p. 145, no. 15 (another cast illustrated).
P. Schneider, Matisse, London, 1984, p. 545 (another cast illustrated).
C. Duthuit, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, pp. 42-43, no. 17 (another cast illustrated).

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