Henri Matisse - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York
    Marilyn Pearl, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Henri Matisse

    French • 1869 - 1954

    The 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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Property from the Estate of B. S. Mars

111

Femme Accroupie

signed with the artist's initials "HM" lower left
India ink on paper
8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (20.6 x 26.4 cm.)
Executed in 1941.

Wanda de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $52,500

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2017