This is an original lithograph from the edition of only fifty on Japon paper, an impression of the definitive state. Matisse signed and numbered it himself in the lower margin (numbered 45/50), which is worth noting, because a great number of Matisse lithographs on the market are unsigned, and the difference is substantial.

The National Gallery in Washington has an impression of the same image. It’s a quiet, very economical drawing – a girl with her arms folded, done in the years he was working in Nice.

The sheet has generous margins and the gallery that sold it described the condition as very good. Purchased from Eleonore Austerer Gallery in San Francisco in 2000, and their certificate, which is very detailed, listing the state, the paper and the edition, comes with it.

Literature: Duthuit-Matisse No. 450, Fribourg 407.

Certificate of Authenticity