Figure Reading, in front of Moucharaby | Figure lisant, fond moucharabieh
MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954)

HENRI MATISSE 1869-1954 (Emile Benoît)

Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869-1954 Nice (French)

Title: Figure Reading, in front of Moucharaby | Figure lisant, fond moucharabieh, 1929

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching on Chine Appliqué on Wove Paper

Paper size: 37.8 x 28.2 cm. / 14.9 x 11.1 in.

Image size: 27 x 20.7 cm. / 10.6 x 8 in.

Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Henri Matisse” in the lower right margin.

It is also hand inscribed ‘essai’ [proof], in the lower right margin.

This impression is one of only two annotated ‘essai’, aside from the standard edition of 15.

Provenance: Collector’s mark Marcel Louis Guerin (1873-1948), Lugt 1872b.

Galerie R.-G. Michel, 17 quai Saint Michel, Paris.

Gallery Nordqvist, Malmö. Acquired from the above in 1952.

Private Collection, Scandinavia.

Literature: Duthuit C. (1983). Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonné de L’Oeuvre Grave Tome II, Paris.

Reference: Duthuit 132

Condition: Very good condition. A minor paper loss at the centre of the lower sheet edge. The sheet with scattered pinpoint foxing. Remnants of hinging along the upper sheet edge, verso.