456 HENRI MATISSE
Nu, Étude de torsion du corps
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Lithograph, 1926. 435x795 mm; 17
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8
x31
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4
inches, full margins. Signed and numbered
48/50 in pencil, lower left. A superb impression of this large, very scarce lithograph.This
is Matisse’s largest lithograph of a female nude.
We have found fewer than 15 other impressions at auction in the past 25 years.
Though he was primarily known for his paintings and sculptures, Henri Matisse (1869-
1954) was also a prolific printmaker, producing over 800 individual prints (typically in