LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.71 in. (65.30 cm.) (height) by 21.46 in. (54.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Henri.Matisse' (lower left); signed again 'Henri.Matisse' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Dina Vierny, Matisse, April - June 1970, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Nu couché avec une draperie' and with incorrect provenance).

Literature:

J. Flam, Matisse: The Man and His Art, 1869-1918, Ithaca & London, 1986, p. 404 (illustrated fig. 407, p. 406).

Provenance:

Walter Pach, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist, in Summer 1926; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 6 January 1949, lot 57. Joseph Peters, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 March 1958, lot 48. Dina Vierny, Paris, by 1970. Waddington Galleries, London, by whom acquired from the above, in 1974. Acquired from the above by the late owners, on 10 July 1974.