May 21, 2020 - Sale 2537

Sale 2537 - Lot 430

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
HENRI MATISSE (after)
L'Espagnole à la Mantille.

Aquatint, 1925. 442x298 mm; 17 3/8x11 3/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 200 printed in colors. Signed by Matisse and inscribed "essai" in pencil, lower margin. Etched by Jacques Villon. Published by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris. Ex-collection Henri M. Petiet (Lugt 5031, verso). A superb impression of this very scarce, early proof. Duthuit II; Ginestet/Pouillon (Villon) 645.