Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait de Gilberte Lallée
inscribed 'Gilberte Lallée Mm des Loups Villeneuve Loubet' (upper right)
pencil on paper
12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (31.7 x 23.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1918
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait de Gilberte Lallée
inscribed 'Gilberte Lallée Mm des Loups Villeneuve Loubet' (upper right)
pencil on paper
12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (31.7 x 23.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1918
Jean Matisse, Pontoise. Harold Diamond, New York, by 1979. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 18 May 1983, lot 145. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 1985, lot 175. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Henri Matisse, An Exhibition of Drawings, February - March 1982, no. 6 (illustrated).
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