Lot Essay
Executed after a cut paper maquette now in the Musée Matisse, Nice.
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HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
La Danse (Duthuit 247)
etching and aquatint in colors, 1935-6, on Arches, the colors fresh and strong, signed in pencil, numbered 5/50 (there were also 5 artist's proofs), with full margins, extremely pale light-staining, otherwise in very good condition
P. 11 3/4 x 29 3/4in. (298 x 757mm.)
La Danse (Duthuit 247)
etching and aquatint in colors, 1935-6, on Arches, the colors fresh and strong, signed in pencil, numbered 5/50 (there were also 5 artist's proofs), with full margins, extremely pale light-staining, otherwise in very good condition
P. 11 3/4 x 29 3/4in. (298 x 757mm.)