India ink drawing on fine wove paper
France, 1950
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) - French painter and sculptor of Modern Art; main exponent of Fauvism
Signed and dated in ink ‘H. Matisse Mai 1950’ lower left
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed in pencil by Wanda de Guébrian, Archives Matisse, Paris, on the reverse; there also inscribed with the number ‘A23 bis’ of the artist’s archives (5/13/2015)
Exhibition: London 1972: Summer Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. O'Hanna Gallery, London, 17.5.-15.9.1972, cat. n° 50
Sheet dimensions: 51.5 x 40 cm
Matted under glass in gilt wooden frame: 77.5 x 64 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Collection of Madame Lang, Paris (Estate auction, Musée Galliéra, Paris, 4 March 1972, Lot 36); Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris; O'Hana Gallery, London; Sotheby's Johannesburg: Auction 4 March 1975, Lot 31; Private collection, USA (1975-2013); Private collection, Germany
A typical reduced and planar drawing with broad contours. The current highest auction record for a similar drawing by Matisse is more than €600,000
In his late creative period, Matisse climaxed the reduction of form with dynamic lines. From 1940, he also worked increasingly with the medium of paper cut, which would replace his painting almost entirely by 1948. In his linear compositions, Matisse always had a vertical perpendicular in his mind, on the basis of which he developed his arabesques in form of fluid lines.
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Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 180,000 Euro

Condition:

The sheet is mounted under a mat to the corners. It is in a very good condition, showing only the lightest handling creases. The corners show tiny holes from a previous mounting. The sheet’s dimensions are 51.5 x 40 cm, while the frame measures 77.5 x 64 cm.

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

One of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, painter Henri Matisse is best known as a founding member of the Fauvist movement, along with his modernist innovation in painting and sculpture. Born in France, Matisse attended law school before studying art at the Académie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. While studying the Impressionists, he created increasingly experimental works, becoming familiar with the artistic discourse at the turn of the century. Attuned to African and “primitive” art, Matisse began painting using bold colors in broad, flat applications of paint with bold outlines, which developed into his mature Fauvist style in the mid-1900s. He exhibited his work at the Salon des Indépendants and the provocative 1913 Armory Show in New York, and his work was sought after early on by collectors including the famed Gertrude Stein. Held in high critical regard during his lifetime, a retrospective of Matisse’s work opened in 1951 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, traveling all over the United States. In 1952, the Musée Matisse opened in Matisse’s French hometown of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, two years before the artist’s death in 1954. (cko)

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