Nu couché sur le côté, les jambes repliées
Henri Matisse
Nu couché sur le côté, les jambes repliées
etching
1929
An original hand-signed Henri Matisse etching.
(Nude lying on her side, legs folded)
1929
Original etching printed in black ink on Chiné appliqué mounted on wove paper.
Hand-signed in the margin lower right Henri Matisse.
A superb impression of the definitive state of this extremely rare etching, from the edition of only 25, numbered in pencil in the margin also lower right (there were 2 additional épreuves d’état, 3 épreuves d’essai, for an overall edition of 30, plus 3 impressions printed after the plate was cancelled).
Catalog: Fribourg 152; Duthuit-Matisse 189.
Image Size: 3 ¾ x 4 7/8 inches
Sheet Size: 11 ¼ x 15 inches
