Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse
1869-1954
Grand Visage I (Lydia)
1952
Brush and black ink.
25 9/16 x 19 3/4 inches (643 x 502 mm)
Thaw Collection.
© 2020 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
2017.170
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Monogrammed at lower right in black ink, "HM".

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The artist; his son, Pierre Matisse (1900-1989), New York; likely his widow, Marcia-Gaetana Matisse (1943-2001), New York; The Pierre and Marcia-Gaetana Matisse Foundation, New York; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe; private collection, New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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