Henri Matisse
Torse, Fond Fleuri (Torso with a Background of Flowers)

Torse, Fond Fleuri (Torso with a Background of Flowers)

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Torse, Fond Fleuri (Torso with a Background of Flowers)
Torse, Fond Fleuri (Torso with a Background of Flowers)
ArtistFrench, 1869–1954
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Torse, Fond Fleuri (Torso with a Background of Flowers)
Date1929
MediumDrypoint, printed chine collé, on Gampi and wove paper, proof bon à tirer
DimensionsPlate: 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.1 × 14 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 in. (28.6 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert
Object number2019.646
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center bottom edge: 146 [catalogue number Dutuit-Garnaud 146]
Verso: Inscribed in blue colored pencil, center right: Pl 113 [the catalogue number used by the artist’s family and referenced in Dutuit-Garnaud]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower right: Bon à tirer / Henri Matisse [cursive]
Verso: Collector's stamp in black ink, bottom right corner: H.M.P. [encircled] [Henri Marie Petiet (L.5031) http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/12546]

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