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

Petite tête

已結束2019年5月14日

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Petite tête
stamped with initials 'HM' (lower left)
brush and India ink on paper
10 5/8 x 8 ¼ in. (26.9 x 21 cm.)
Painted in 1951

Pierre Matisse, New York.
Pierre-Noël Matisse, Paris (by descent from the above).
By descent from the above to the late owner.

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Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
“The human face has always greatly interested me,” Matisse wrote in the introduction to the folio Portraits, 1954. “I have indeed a rather remarkable memory for faces, even for those that I have seen only once. In looking at them I do not perform any psychological interpretation, but I am struck by their individuality and profound expression...They probably retain my attention through their expressive individuality and through an interest that is entirely of a plastic nature...Each face has its own rhythm and it is this rhythm that creates the likeness...The conclusion of this is: the art of portraiture is the most remarkable” (J. Flam, ed., Matisse on Art, Berkeley, 1995, pp. 220, 221 and 223).