• Old Master, Modern & Contempor auction at Christies

    Sale 7747

    Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints

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    17 September 2009

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    Lot 62

    After Henri Matisse (1869-1954) by Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

    Odalisque sur la Terrasse (Ginestet & Poillon 633)

    Price realised

    GBP 6,875

    Estimate

    GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000

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    After Henri Matisse (1869-1954) by Jacques Villon (1875-1963)
    Odalisque sur la Terrasse (Ginestet & Poillon 633)
    etching and aquatint in colours with roulette, 1922, on wove paper, signed by Matisse in ink, numbered 39/200 (there was also an edition of 21 in black only), published by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, with margins, mount and light-staining, the colours slightly attenuated, a 23 mm. tear in the lower margin, a crease at the upper left sheet corner, irregularly trimmed, backboard staining and remains of old tape at the sheet edges verso
    P. 480 x 600 mm., S. 550 x 665 mm.

    Provenance

    René Gaffé Collection, Christie's, London, 3 July 2002, lot 273.

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