About This Artwork

Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954

Bust of a Woman, July 1944

Charcoal, with stumping, wiping, and touches of erasing on ivory laid paper
605 x 403 mm
Signed recto, lower right, in graphite: "Juillet 44/Henri Matisse"
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Friedman, 1972.1239

© 2009 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Ownership History

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York [verso label]. Given by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Friedman to the Art Institute, 1972.