Henri Matisse - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips

Create your first list.

Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Thence by descent to the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Montreal, Waddington Galleries, Henri Matisse Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, Mimosa Rug, April 3–May 1, 1976, no. 15, n.p. (illustrated)
    London, Victor Waddington, Henri Matisse Paintings, Drawings, Colour Crayons, June 9–July 18, 1976, no. 15, n.p. (illustrated)

  • 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. 

    View More Works

Property from an Esteemed Maryland Collection

158

Le Turban

signed and dated "Henri Matisse 2/44" lower right
pen and India ink on paper
20 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (52.7 x 40 cm)
Executed in February 1944.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $40,640

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023