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This drawing is from a series of works depicting Romanian blouses that Matisse executed in December 1939 in Nice, without a model. The same motif appears in La blouse roumaine, an oil on canvas now housed at The Centre Pompidou in Paris, which the artist begun around the same time as the present work and completed in April of 1940.
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Hinged at the upper corners on the reverse to the mat backing with archival tape. Right edge perforated. Two minute tears to the left upper edge and tiny paper loss to the upper right corner. A few pinpoints of foxing and surface accretions. Faintly light-stained and mat-stained. Flattened diagonal creases to the lower right and upper left corners, as well as a few faint handling creases throughout. No restorations detected. Subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the work is in overall very good condition.
Framed dimensions: 251⁄8 x 211⁄8 x 11⁄8 in.
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Lot 21Sale 23398
Etude autour de La blouse roumaineHENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)Estimate: USD 40,000 - 60,000
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