Signed with the Artist's initials 'HM' bottom right, lithographic pencil on paper
Sheet size: 17 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (44.8 x 28.3cm)
Executed circa 1906-1907.

Provenance

Auguste Clot, France.
Guy Georges (by family descent).
James Goodman Gallery, New York, New York.
Acquired directly from the above in 1985.
Collection of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.
The Estate of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.

Exhibition

"Henri Matisse: Dessins, Lithographies, Sculptures, Collages, 1906-1952," Galerie Herbage, Cannes, March 31-June 27, 1981, no. 4.

Note

The present lot was authenticated by Madame Duthuit, a letter of confirmation from Archives Matisse will be made available to the buyer.

This drawing was the basis for a lithograph of the same title [Duthuit, 404], which was created the same year, 1906. The original owner of this drawing, Auguste Clot was the printer of the lithographic series.