Henri Matisse (1869-1954), La cheminée du Roi, Marseille

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
La cheminée du Roi, Marseille
signed 'Henri Matisse' (lower left)
oil on panel
12 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (32.8 x 41 cm.)
Painted in 1918

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (no. 21253), by whom acquired directly from the artist on 9 September 1918.
Madame Vildrac, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
With the Leicester Galleries, London.
Arnold John Hugh Smith, London, by whom acquired in November 1919.
Lefevre Gallery, London.
Mrs Jean Dreyfus, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 March 1971, lot 46.
Anonymous sale, Briest, Paris, 15 December 2000, lot 66.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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