Prints from an Important Chicago Collection 
19 May 2021
Prints from an Important Chicago Collection 
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Henri Matisse 1869–1954

Figure lisant

1929
drypoint 15 h × 11 w in (38 × 28 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,875
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Image measures: 5.5 h x 4 w inches
Signed and numbered to lower right ‘13/25 Henri Matisse’. This work is number 13 from the edition of 25.
provenance: Berggruen et Cie, Paris | Acquired from the previous in 1969, Private Collection, Chicago
literature: Duthuit 149

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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter—a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

Henri Matisse

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