PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Deux odalisques
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Deux odalisques
signed and dated ‘Henri Matisse 28’ (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
19 7⁄8 x 15 in. (50.4 x 38 cm.)
Executed in Nice in 1928
Deux odalisques
signed and dated ‘Henri Matisse 28’ (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
19 7⁄8 x 15 in. (50.4 x 38 cm.)
Executed in Nice in 1928
Provenance
Mr Chenue, France; sale, Salons du Trianon-Palace, Versailles, 5 June 1962, lot 51.
Mr Hellenberg, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1963, lot 80.
A.R. Milburn, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Barry Miller, London.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above in December 1966.
Private collection, Virginia, by whom acquired from the above in December 1970, and thence by descent.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, on consignment from the above, in 2017.
James Goodman Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above, in March 2018.
The Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis & William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis, by whom acquired from the above, in March 2018; sale, Bonhams, New York, 17 November 2020, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Mr Hellenberg, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1963, lot 80.
A.R. Milburn, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Barry Miller, London.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above in December 1966.
Private collection, Virginia, by whom acquired from the above in December 1970, and thence by descent.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, on consignment from the above, in 2017.
James Goodman Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above, in March 2018.
The Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis & William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis, by whom acquired from the above, in March 2018; sale, Bonhams, New York, 17 November 2020, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Thannhauser, Henri Matisse, February - March 1930, no. 148, p. 32 (illustrated p. 1; titled 'Zwei Mädchen').
Saint Louis, The Greenberg Gallery, Henri Matisse, April - June 2018 (no cat.).
Saint Louis, The Greenberg Gallery, Henri Matisse, April - June 2018 (no cat.).
Further details
The late Marguerite Duthuit has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale