Lot Essay
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Portrait de femme
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait de femme
signed, dated and dedicated 'Hommage à Félix Fénéon Henri Matisse 1943' (upper left)
pen and ink on paper
12 7/8 x 9½in. (32.7 x 24.4cm.)
Executed in 1943 in Vence
Portrait de femme
signed, dated and dedicated 'Hommage à Félix Fénéon Henri Matisse 1943' (upper left)
pen and ink on paper
12 7/8 x 9½in. (32.7 x 24.4cm.)
Executed in 1943 in Vence
Provenance
Given by the artist to Felix Fénéon in 1943.
His sale, Drouot, Paris, 30 May 1947, lot 24.
Acquired at the above by the father of the present owner.
His sale, Drouot, Paris, 30 May 1947, lot 24.
Acquired at the above by the father of the present owner.
Literature
J. Paulhan, Félix Fénéon ou le critique, Paris, 1945, p. 53.
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