Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
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Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Picture postcard of the artist signed (‘Henri Matisse’) to ‘mon cher André Rouveyre’, n.p., 12 March 1942

Fermé15 December 2023

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Picture postcard of the artist signed (‘Henri Matisse’) to ‘mon cher André Rouveyre’, n.p., 12 March 1942
139 x 89mm. Provenance: Christie's, 23 November 1998, lot 152.

A portrait of Matisse in his middle age, signed by the artist.

The caricaturist and writer André Rouveyre (1879-1962) was a lifelong friend of Matisse. The two collaborated on Matisse’s Apollinaire, first published in 1952 in memory of their friend, the critic Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918).