Auction 299: Modern Art | 9 December 2020
Henri Matisse

Picture letter with a red flower

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Auction 299
Lot 598R
Henri Matisse
1869 Le Cateau-Cambrésis – Nizza 1954
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Coloured pencil and ink on thin writing paper. (1949). C. 27 x 21 cm. Signed lower right (at the end of the letter) and dated on the reverse by mistake with “48” instead of “49” (at the beginning of the letter). With the original envelope.

Wanda de Guébriant confirmed the authenticity of the letter in 2013.

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Wanda de Guébriant hat die Authentizität des Briefes 2013 bestätigt.

Provenienz:
Aus dem Besitz von Edmée Cazalis, comtesse Roederer (1887-1981), der Adressatin des Briefes;
Philipps, New York 29.4.2013, Los 160;
Privatsammlung, New York.

Description

Der Brief wurde im Februar 1949 geschrieben. Der Brief ist an Edmée Cazalis-Roederer gerichtet. Edmée Cazalis, Tochter des Arztes und Dichters Henri Cazalis, war Komponistin und auch mit dem Theater verbunden.

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Modern Art

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