Galerie Samlaren, Stockholm, circa 1952
Private collection (acquired from the above in the 1950s and sold: Christie's, London, 1989, lot 22)

Albert E. Elsen, "The Sculpture of Matisse, Part II: Old Problems and New Possibilities", Artforum, 1968
Mario Luzi & Massimo Carra, L'Opera di Matisse dalla rivolta 'Fauve' all'intimismo, 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, no. S18, illustration of another cast p. 108
Albert E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henry Matisse, New York, 1972, illustration of another cast p. 192
Alfred H. Barr, Matisse: His Art and His Public, London, 1975, illustration of another cast p. 424
Michael P. Mezzatesta, Henri Matisse, Sculptor/Painter, Fort Worth, 1984, illustration of another cast pp. 110-12
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London, 1984, no. 54, illustration of another cast p. 147
Pierre Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, illustration of another cast p. 552
Claude Duthuit, Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, illustrations of anওother cast pp. 1ꦑ75 & 177

Dark brown patina. Work is screwed to a base in two places. Some minor rubbing to very top of figure's head and along the figure's left arm, otherwise fine. Very good condition.
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