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Le pont Saint-Michel, Paris (recto); Ecumes dans la brume (verso)
Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Le pont Saint-Michel, Paris (recto); Ecumes dans la brume (verso)
signed 'H.Matisse' (lower left)
oil on panel
5 3/8 x 9¼ in. (13.8 x 23.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1895-1897
Le pont Saint-Michel, Paris (recto); Ecumes dans la brume (verso)
signed 'H.Matisse' (lower left)
oil on panel
5 3/8 x 9¼ in. (13.8 x 23.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1895-1897
Provenance
Eugène Blot, Paris; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 April 1937, lot 101 (illustrated pl. VI; FFr 3,700).
Anonymous (Succession B.) sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 December 1981, lot 83 (illustrated; FFR 42,000).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1982, lot 309A (illustrated).
Anonymous (Succession B.) sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 December 1981, lot 83 (illustrated; FFR 42,000).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1982, lot 309A (illustrated).
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