Mar 03, 2011 - Sale 2238

Sale 2238 - Lot 610

Price Realized: $ 12,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
HENRI MATISSE
Grande Vierge.

Lithograph on Arches cream wove paper, 1950-51. 620x565 mm; 24 1/2x22 1/4 inches (sheet), full margins, with deckled edges on all 4 sides. One of only several proofs (Duthuit notes only a few proof impressions on Chine appliqué). Signed and inscribed "Essai" in pencil, lower right. A superb, well-inked impression of this extremely scarce proof. Duthuit 648.