Lot 155
Visage de jeune fille
Sold
$53,340
Est $50,000 - $70,000
Live Auction
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE, MORNING SESSION
ARTIST
Henri Matisse
Size
18 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (47.9 x 31.4 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EAST COAST COLLECTION

Medium
charcoal on paper
Signature
Executed in summer 1948. Georges Matisse has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist Lumley Cazalet, London (acquired from the above by 1983) Heinz Berggruen, Paris (by 1985) Sotheby's, London, July 1, 1987, lot 544 Margaret Lipworth Fine Arts, London Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Berggruen, Matisse, vingt dessins, October 1985, no. 19, n.p. (illustrated)