Le Repos de la Danseuse, 1942

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Oil on canvas
46.2 x 38 cm. (18 1/8 x 15 in.)
Signed and dated HM 9/42 on the lower right 

 

PROVENANCE

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Beatrice Glass, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 5, 1962, lot 88), New York
Robert Q. Lewis, acquired at the above sale
Private Collection, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 11, 1963, New York
Henry Ford II, acquired at the above sale
Estate of Henry Ford II, sold Sotheby's, New York, November 12, 1990, lot 28, New York

Private Collection, Monaco

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EXHIBITIONS

1945 Paris, Société du Salon d'Automne, Palais des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon d'Automne, n.25, titled 'Danseuse dans fauteuil jaune - carrelage rose et bleu
1946 Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, Matisse-Picasso, n. 18
1999 Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Matisse & Picasso. A Gentle Rivalry., n. 57, illustrated 

2010 London, Helly Nahmad Gallery, Henri Matisse. Rêve de Bonheur., illustrated
2011 Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Miró, Monet, Matisse. The Nahmad Collection, 21 October 2011 - 15 January 2012, p. 157, illustrated
2021 Nice, Musée Matisse, Matisse dans la collection Nahmad, 30 October 2021 - 31 December 2022, p. 57, illustrated
2024 Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Amitiés, Bonnard - Matisse, p. 163, illustrated 

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LITERATURE

1945, vol. 4. Paris, Verve, n. 13, illustrated p.40 (described by André Rouveyre, an artist friend of Matisse) 

1952 A. Lejard, Matisse. Paris, Bibliothèque Aldine des Arts, illustrated pl. 20
1996 L. Delectorkaya, Henri Matisse. Contre Vents et Marées. Peintures, Livres illustrés de 1939 à 1943. Paris, illustrated in color p. 379, titled Danseuse bras levés dans un fauteuil jaune, sol rose et bleu and as dating from August 24-30, 1942
1998 Y.A. Bois, Matisse and Picasso. Paris, fig. 157, illustrated p. 172, as dating from August 24-30,1942
2020 C. Grammont, Matisse dans la collection Nahmad. Paris, Lienart, p. 57, illustrated 

2024 I. Maeght, Amitiés, Bonnard - Matisse., Fondation Maeght, p. 163, illustrated