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Lot 823 D

Henri Matisse - Fleurs

Auction 1013 - overview Cologne
25.05.2013, 11:30 - Modern Art May 25 2013
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 14.640 € (incl. premium)

Coloured chalk drawing on paper 35.4 x 52.7 cm, double-sided on the tacked frontispiece of "VERVE" Revue artistique et littéraire, Vol. VI, No. 21 et 22", Éditions de la Revue Verve, Paris 1948. Signed, dated and dedicated 'á Max Pellequer Henri Matisse Nice 28/ '49' in blueish pen and ink on left side within composition. - Including the paperback cover and coloured paper jacket, 35.5 x 26.7 cm. - Jacket, frontispiece and reproduced drawings originally designed by the artist for this issue. - The paper slighty browned and with minor handling traces. The cover with slight traces of use. - Rare.

This Verve book contains reproductions of the paintings created by Henri Matisse in Vence between 1944 and 1948; in 1949, he dedicated the the chalk drawing to his friend Max Pellequer, an important banker and art collector.

Certificate

With a certificate by Wanda de Guébrant, Archives Matisse, Paris, dated 26 September 2011, reference no. I 82-8II8. The work is registered in the artist's archive under no. "CR 3I".

Provenance

Private collection France