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HENRI MATISSE(1869-1954)Portrait de jeune fille (Janie Michels)
19 October 2023, 17:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £32,000 inc. premium
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HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Portrait de jeune fille (Janie Michels)
signed with the artist's initials 'HM.' (lower centre)
pen and India ink on paper
20.3 x 10.2cm (8 x 4in).
Executed in Nice in 1941
signed with the artist's initials 'HM.' (lower centre)
pen and India ink on paper
20.3 x 10.2cm (8 x 4in).
Executed in Nice in 1941
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Wanda de Guébriant.
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Private collection, France (by descent from the above).
Lumley Cazalet Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1991).
Private collection, London (probably acquired from the above).
The present work depicts the Belgian artist Janie Michels, at the age of 21. After completing her studies in art in Brussels, Michels fled occupied Belgium in 1940, settling in the South of France. There, she became Henri Matisse's model and pupil until the latter's passing in 1954. Michels went on to exhibit at the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon d'Automne in Paris, thence being represented by the Galerie David et Garnier alongside Bernard Buffet. Michels passed away in 2009 at the age of 89.