Sale 6884
London
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5 February 2004
Price realised
GBP 35,850
Estimate
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Jeune fille se coiffant stamped with the initials 'HM.' (lower right) pencil on paper 11 x 8 in. (27.7 x 20.5 cm.) Executed in Paris in July-August 1939
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 351. The New Art Centre, London (no. CNAC 897). The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. Acquired from the above by the present owners in September 1984.
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Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Family Trust
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