Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Frank Perls Gallery, Los Angeles
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 15, 1989, lot 412
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Claude Duthuit, Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Par🔯is, 1997, illustration of another cast p. 123

Dark brown patina. Work is screwed to a base and bottom of right leg. Some minor rubbing along the top and on figure's right breast, buttocks and back of left leg. Very good condition.
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