Live Auction 2889Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Lot 148 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Les deux musiciennes

Closed6 November 2014

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USD 197,000

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Les deux musiciennes
signed 'Henri-Matisse.' (lower right)
charcoal and estompe on paper
19 7/8 x 12 ¼ in. (50.5 x 31 cm.)
Executed in Nice in 1921

Estate of the artist.
Lionel Prejger, Paris.
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York.
Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan (acquired from the above).
Maurice and Margo Cohen, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (acquired from the above, March 1983); sale, Christie's, New York, 13 May 1999, lot 462.
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 129.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Wanda de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this work.