Femme nue assise au pied d'un arbre

Details

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Femme nue assise au pied d'un arbre
pen and India ink and gouache on paper
12¼ x 8 5/8 in. (31 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1909

Provenance

The artist's estate (no. PY8).
Frank Stoop, London, by whom acquired from the above.
Mrs Tollehaar, London, by descent from the above in 1988.
Browse & Darby, London, by whom acquired from the above, by 1990.
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris.

Literature

J. B. Manson, 'Mr. Frank Stoop's Modern Pictures', in Apollo Magazine, no. 57, London, September 1929, p. 128 (illustrated).

Exhibited

London, Browse & Darby, British & French Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture 1874-1980, 1990, no. 10 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Wanda de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

This work has a very prestigious provenance. It was acquired by the British collector Frank Stoop, who formed an important collection of modern paintings during the 1920s. As a longstanding supporter of Tate Gallery's aspirations through the Contemporary Art Society, he generously made a gift and bequest of his whole collection to the museum in 1933. This included works by Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Amedeo Modigliani, which formed the core of the Tate's collection of European modern art.

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