Henri Matisse, Etude pour le Vierge "Tete voilee" (Study for the Virgin "Veiled Head"), 1950-51

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
Title:Etude pour le Vierge "Tete voilee" (Study for the Virgin "Veiled Head"), 1950-51
Reference:Duthuit 641
Medium:Lithograph on Chine colle on wove paper
Image Size:12 5/8 in x 9 3/4 in (32.1 cm x 24.8 cm)
Sheet Size:19 3/4 in x 14 7/8 in (50.2 cm x 37.8 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil in the lower right margin.
Signature:This work is hand-signed by Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - Nice, 1954)  in pencil in the lower right margin.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #w-7890

Historical Description

Created between 1950 and 1951, this lithograph on Chine colle on wove paper is hand-signed by Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - Nice, 1954)  in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil in the lower right margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Henri Matisse Etude pour le Vierge "Tete voilee" (Study for the Virgin "Veiled Head"), 1950-51 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices accompanying the final sale of the work).

1. Duthuit-Matisse, Marguerite, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de lœuvre grave Tome I. Paris: Claude Duthuit, 1983. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 641.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Henri Matisse Etude pour le Vierge "Tete voilee" (Study for the Virgin "Veiled Head"), 1950-51 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: Femme Portrait