Provenance
Henri M. Petiet ink stamp on the reverse (Lugt 5031)
Literature
Claude Duthuit 445
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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Henri Matisse

Nu assis dans un fauteuil au décor fleuri (Nude Sitting in a Floral Decorated Armchair) (D. 445)

1924
Lithograph, on Arches paper, with margins.
I. 18 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (47.6 x 31.8 cm)
S. 23 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (60.3 x 39.4 cm)
Signed and numbered 227/250 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), framed.

Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000

Sold for $17,780

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New York Auction 21 June 2023