HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Lot 125

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

Nu au coussin bleu

Closed29 March 2017

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GBP 31,250

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HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Nu au coussin bleu
lithograph, 1924, on Arches laid paper, watermark Canson & Montgolfier, signed and dedicated à Ch. Thorndike/ cordialement/ Henri Matisse, inscribed Etat, one of two épreuves d'état aside from the edition of fifty (there were also five épreuves d'essai and ten épreuves d'artiste), probably the full sheet, the paper toned, some pale scattered foxing, hinged with paper tape along the sheet edges recto, framed
Image 610 x 480 mm., Sheet 635 x 480 mm.

Charles Hall Thorndike (1875-1935), Pennsylvania & Nice, a gift from the artist.

Specialist note

Charles Thorndike was an artist and friend of Matisse, who owned a villa on the far side of the old port in Nice.