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Lot 7 Details
Impressionist and Modern Art Auction 15-16 February 2012
Nature morte au...
Pen and ink on paper
19.5 x 24.5 in
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Lot 23 Details
Tête de femme...
Lithograph on chine applique paper
10 x 6.5 in
Winning bid $12,420 Rs 6,21,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 44 Details
Femme, le pouce...
Linocut on paper
11 x 7.5 in
Lot 54 Details
Nu sur coussins...
Pencil on paper
11 x 15 in
Henri Matisse
In 1917 Henri Matisse left Paris and settled in Nice in the South of France where he was to live at least part of each year for the rest of his life....to delight in his medium whether in paint or on paper. "A master of color as much as of lines Henri Matisse saw the exercise of drawing as fundamentally
Since his early paintings of interiors Matisse demonstrated a delight in depicting the sinuous lines appearing in furniture drapery and objects echoed in the curvilinear forms of his female models. In the present work Matisse has depicted his model lounging on a pile of cushions looking confidently
This is a signed proof of a lithograph that was only editioned later. It was intended to be part of the album Poésies Antillaises that was printed by Mourlot in 1972 after the artist's death but this proof dates from the 1930s when the plates were prepared by Matisse
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