HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Vénitienne (en buste) or Ancilla
signed and dated ‘H. Matisse 21’ (upper right); inscribed and dated ‘Ancilla 1921’ (on the reverse by the artist's daughter)
oil on canvas
13 x 8 ¾ in. (33 x 22.3 cm.)
Painted in 1921

Provenance
Marguerite Matisse (the artist’s daughter), a gift from the artist, after 1923.
Ralph & Mary Harman Booth, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, by 1931.
Mrs William D. Vogel, Milwaukee, by descent from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 February 2013, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.