Conté crayon on paper, signed and dated ‘H Matisse nov 47’
Paper size: 20 x 16in / 51 x 41cm
Frame size: 31 x 27in / 79 x 69cm

Provenance:
Private collection, France, by whom acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, Paris, 3 December 2008, lot 62.
Private collection, Amsterdam.
Galerie Thomas, Munich, by whom acquired from the above.
Private Collection, Europe.

Exhibited:
Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Henri Matisse, January - March 1950, no. 23. p. 34 (with incorrect dimensions).

Literature:
M. Malingue, ed., Matisse, Dessins, Paris, 1949, no. 89, p. 16 (illustrated p. 89; with incorrect medium).

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Wanda de Guébriant.

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