Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Paysage, Tahiti
signed and inscribed 'Henri-Matisse Tahiti' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
978 x 1234 in. (25 x 32.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1930
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
R. Fry, Henri Matisse, New York, 1935, p. 9 (illustrated).
"Dessins de Matisse" in Cahiers d’art, n°3-5, 1936, p. 17 (illustrated).
L. Swane, Matisse, 1945, Stockholm, p. 95 (illustrated).
R. Huyghe, Henri Matisse, 1953, Paris, pl. 5 (illustrated).
R. Escholier, Matisse, ce vivant, 1956, Paris, p. 127 (illustrated).
A. Humbert, Henri Matisse, dessins, 1956, Paris, p. 5 (illustrated).
F. Dvořák, Henri Matisse, 1962, Prague, p. 13 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d’œuvres récentes de Henri Matisse, May 1936.
Paris, Petit Palais, Les maîtres de l’art indépendant, 1895-1937, June-November 1937.
FURTHER DETAILS
Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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