Live Auction 7832Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Christie’s roundel
Lot 246 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Femme nue, étendue, les bras relevés

Closed3 February 2010

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Femme nue, étendue, les bras relevés
signed 'Henri Matisse' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
9 x 11¾ in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1931

Skira (the publisher of Poésies), by 1932.
M Mermod, Lausanne.
Private collection by 1936.
Edwin Engelberts, Geneva.
Anonymous sale, Bukowskis, Stockholm, 4 November 2003, lot 270.
The Andipa Gallery, London.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2005, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Wande de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.

This drawing is one of five that Matisse executed for the illustrated edition of Mallarmé's Poésies published by Skira in 1932.