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Henri Matisse
Nu aux bras levés
- Estimate
- £200,000 - 300,000‡♠
£237,500
Lot Details
charcoal on paper
signed 'Henri Matisse' lower right
31.5 x 48.3 cm (12 3/8 x 19 in.)
Executed in 1921.
The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Wanda de Guébriant on 25 September 2007 as confirmed by the Archives Matisse.
The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Wanda de Guébriant on 25 September 2007 as confirmed by the Archives Matisse.
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Henri Matisse
French | B. 1869 D. 1954The leading figure of the Fauvist movement at the turn of the 20th century, Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the giant of modern art alongside friend and rival Pablo Picasso. Working as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor for over five decades, he radically challenged traditional conventions in art by experimenting with vivid colors, flat shapes and distilled line. Rather than modeling or shading to lend volume to his pictures, the French artist employed contrasting areas of unmodulated color. Heavily influenced by the art and visual culture of non-Western cultures, his subjects ranged from nudes, dancers, odalisques, still lifes and interior scenes and later evolved into the graphic semi-abstractions of his cut-outs of his late career.
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