Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Le collier d’ambre signed ‘Henri MATISSE ’ (lower left) oil on canvas 24 ¼ x 17 7/8 in. (61.7 x 45.4 cm.) Painted on 21 March 1937 Provenance Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris & Bordeaux, by 1937. Seized from the National Bank of Commerce and Industry, Libourne, on 28 April 1941. Transferred by order of the Devisenschutzkommando to the Jeu de Paume, Paris, on 5 September 1941. Included in Exchange #18 between the Einstatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and Gustav Rochlitz, on 21 May 1942. Sold by Gustav Rochlitz to Isidor Rosner, Paris. M. Nicolas Karjensky, Galerie d’Art Cardo, by whom acquired in 1942. M. Albert Dauré, Perpignan, by whom acquired from the above, until at least 1962. Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 1 November 1978, lot 50A. Lefevre Fine Art, London (no. 8585), by whom acquired from the above. Marvin M. Mitchelson, Los Angeles. Private collection, by 1982. The heirs of Paul Rosenberg.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Le collier d’ambre signed ‘Henri MATISSE ’ (lower left) oil on canvas 24 ¼ x 17 7/8 in. (61.7 x 45.4 cm.) Painted on 21 March 1937 Provenance Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris & Bordeaux, by 1937. Seized from the National Bank of Commerce and Industry, Libourne, on 28 April 1941. Transferred by order of the Devisenschutzkommando to the Jeu de Paume, Paris, on 5 September 1941. Included in Exchange #18 between the Einstatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and Gustav Rochlitz, on 21 May 1942. Sold by Gustav Rochlitz to Isidor Rosner, Paris. M. Nicolas Karjensky, Galerie d’Art Cardo, by whom acquired in 1942. M. Albert Dauré, Perpignan, by whom acquired from the above, until at least 1962. Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 1 November 1978, lot 50A. Lefevre Fine Art, London (no. 8585), by whom acquired from the above. Marvin M. Mitchelson, Los Angeles. Private collection, by 1982. The heirs of Paul Rosenberg.
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