Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nu assis, bras levé
signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark ‘H.M 3/10 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE’ (on the back of the figure)
bronze with a dark brown patina
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high, excluding the base
Conceived in Nice in 1949 and executed in 1958 in an edition of ten

Provenance:
Mr & Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Rita & Taft Schreiber collection by 1962.

Exhibited:
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Henri Matisse. Das plastiche Werk, July – August 1959, no. 25 (another cast exhibited).
London, Victor Waddington Galleries, Henri Matisse 1869-1954. Sculpture, June – July 1969, no. 16 (another cast exhibited).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, February – May 1972, no. 67 (another cast exhibited): this exhibition travelled to Minneapolis, The Walker Art Center, June – August 1972; and Berkley, University of California, September – October 1972.
Nice, Musée Matisse, Henri Matisse. Sculptures, July – September 1974, no. 63 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Musée national d’Art modern, Henri Matisse. Dessins et sculpture, May – September 1975, no. 229 (another cast exhibited).
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, August – September 1984, no. 68 (another cast exhibited): this exhibition travelled to London, Hayward Gallery, October 9184 – January 1985; and Leeds, City Art Gallery, January – March 1985.
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Henri Matisse 1869-1954. Skulpturen und Druckgraphik. Sculotures et gravures, November 1990 – February 1991, no. 64 (another cast exhibited).

Literature:
Berggruen & Cie, Henri Matisse, dessins & sculptures inédités, Paris, 1958 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Henri Matisse. Das plastiche Werk, Zürich, Kunsthaus, 1959, no. 25 (another cast illustrated p. 12).
Exh. cat., Henri Matisse, Sculpture, London, Victor Waddington Galleries, 1969, no. 16 (another cast illustrated).
A. E. Elsen, exh.cat., The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1972 no. 67 (another cast illustrated p. 205, pls. 269-270 ).
Exh. cat., Henri Matisse. Sculptures, Nice, Musée Matisse, 1974, no. 63 (another cast illustrated p. 39).