LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

23.74 in. (60.30 cm.) (height) by 19.49 in. (49.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Henri Matisse, l.r.; dated 37, l.r.

Exhibited:

Paris and London, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Oeuvres récentes de Henri Matisse, June-July 1937, no. 5 (illustrated, pl. 1 titled Odalisque bleue aux anémones). Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon d'Automne, September-October 1945, no. 13 (titled Odalisque et anémones, harmonie en bleu).

Literature:

C. Zervos, ed., CAHIERS D'ART, Paris, 1937, no. 6-7 (illustrated, p. 209). I. Grünewald, Matisse, Stockholm, 1944, p. 145. J. Cassou, Matisse, Paris, 1947, p. 20 (illustrated in color titled Anémones et femme, harmonie bleue) . G. Diehl, Matisse, Paris, 1952, p. 34 (illustrated titled Femme avec anémone ). L. Delectorskaya, With apparent ease...Henri Matisse: Paintings from 1935-1939, Paris, 1988, p. 31 (illustrated in color, p. 215 dated 26-27 January 1937). G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Matisse, Paris, 1995, vol. II, p. 1360, no. 746 (illustrated titled Odalisque en gris aux anémones ).

Provenance:

Paul Rosenberg, New York (acquired from the artist). Private collection.