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Henri Matisse

Lot 256
Odalisque, Nice 1931, 1931
Pen and India ink drawing

11.0 x 15.0 in (28.0 x 38.1 cm)
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Lot 256
Odalisque, Nice 1931, 1931
Pen and India ink drawing
11.0 x 15.0 in (28.0 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
Auction: 22 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale
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Lot Details
Pen and India ink drawing. Monogrammed lower right. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark "MBM"). 28 x 38.1 cm. , size of sheet.
Until January 26, 2025, the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel presents the first Henri Matisse retrospective in Switzerland and in the German-speaking area in almost 20 years, which also includes his sensual paintings from the Nice period and the 1930s. [CH].

• The nude is one of the most significant subjects in Henri Matisse's work.
• His delicate and filigree drawings demonstrate the incredible power of the line: with just a few contouring strokes, Matisse creates a striking physicality and emotional atmosphere.
• Comparable drawings from the late 1920s and 1930s can be found in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.
Accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by Wanda de Guébriant, Paris, dated March 8, 1988. The work is registered in the Archives Matisse under the number U 134.
LITERATURE: Guy Martinot, Yves Savignat, Denis Antoine, Pontoise, December 15, 2001, lot 220 A.
Private collection, Paris. Private collection, Milan. Private collection, Germany. Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 2014)
Characteristic nude in very good condition. The sheet is mounted. Minimal browning around the edges.
Lot Details
Pen and India ink drawing. Monogrammed lower right. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark "MBM"). 28 x 38.1 cm. , size of sheet.
Until January 26, 2025, the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel presents the first Henri Matisse retrospective in Switzerland and in the German-speaking area in almost 20 years, which also includes his sensual paintings from the Nice period and the 1930s. [CH].

• The nude is one of the most significant subjects in Henri Matisse's work.
• His delicate and filigree drawings demonstrate the incredible power of the line: with just a few contouring strokes, Matisse creates a striking physicality and emotional atmosphere.
• Comparable drawings from the late 1920s and 1930s can be found in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.
Accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by Wanda de Guébriant, Paris, dated March 8, 1988. The work is registered in the Archives Matisse under the number U 134.
LITERATURE: Guy Martinot, Yves Savignat, Denis Antoine, Pontoise, December 15, 2001, lot 220 A.
Private collection, Paris. Private collection, Milan. Private collection, Germany. Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 2014)
Characteristic nude in very good condition. The sheet is mounted. Minimal browning around the edges.
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