Collection: Property from a Prominent New Jersey CollectionFrench, 1869-1954
Quelques Fleurs, 1950-51
Signed with initials HM (lr)
Colored pencils and pencil on paper
5 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (13.3 x 20.6 cm)
Provenance:
Christmas gift from the artist to the writer Florence Gould, Cannes, 1951
Sale, Christie's, London, Dec. 1, 1987, lot 417
Private collection, Rome
Sale, Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Dec. 16, 2013, lot 28
Sale, Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Dec. 13, 2021, lot 19
Authenticity confirmed by the Archives Matisse in January 1985. It is included under no. CR 3 in their files. At the buyer’s request, the Archives Matisse will provide an “authenticity confirmation letter” that includes the archive number. The original certificate of authenticity issued by Marguerite Duthuit in 1972 has been lost.Framed 14 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches
Condition
Toned; matburn; few scattered spots of foxing; tiny nick with tear at upper right corner edge; faint and shallow vertical center crease; small crease to the lower left corner.
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