HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) Deux profils

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Deux profils
signed, inscribed and dated 'à Roger Lacourière bien cordialement Henri Matisse Mars 47' (upper center, on the title page); signed again (on the justification page)
pencil on paper
11 1/16 x 8 3/4 in (28.1 x 22.3 cm) (justification page)
11 1/16 x 17 5/8 in (28.1 x 44.8 cm) (sheet)
Executed in March 1947
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse.

Provenance
Roger Lacourière Collection (Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut), Paris (a gift from the artist).

This work was executed on the inside page of the book Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire. Published in Paris in 1947 in a limited edition of 320 copies on Rives paper, including 300 copies numbered from 1 to 300, and 20 copies from A to T published from non-commercial collaborators, of which the present work is Exemplaire no. E.