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ARTIST Henri MATISSE
1917, oil on board, 32x24cm, signed at upper right image, framed. with an authenticity certificate by Wanda DE GUEBRIANT. Literature : "Cronache-Londra", Emporium, February 1958, P.84. Guy-Patrice, Michel Dauberville, Matisse : Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, II, Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, P.804, No.336 (dated 1919). Exhibition : Exhibition of Twentieth Century French Painters, New York, Valentine Gallery, 1938. Exhibition of Paintings by Henri Matisse Chicago, The Arts Club, March-April, 1939, No.8. The Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, January-March, 1941; Philadelphia, Museum of Art, March-May, 1941, No.123. Provenance : Percy Moore Turner, London. Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie. Paris, 1928. Bevan collection. Sale: Anon. Christie's London, April 23, 1937, Lot 48. M. Knoedler & Co. Inc. New York, April, 1937. Valentine Gallery, New York, May, 1939. Sale: Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. New York, March 22, 1945, Lot 82. Niveau Gallery, New York. Sale: Oliver B. James, Phoenix, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. New York, October 19, 1955, Lot 46. M Knoedler & Co. Inc. New York, October 1955. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, January, 1958. Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd. London. Sale: Property from the May Family Collection, Christie's New York, November 14, 1989, Lot 72. Private collection.