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The present work is a small-scale figurative interior composition, executed on paper and presented under glass within a substantial gilt wooden frame with wide cream matting and a narrow inner black rule around the image. The drawing is vertically oriented and depicts a seated woman shown frontally, slightly turned to her left, holding or resting her hands upon an open book placed across her lap. The subject is arranged in a domestic setting suggested by a or chest at right and a vase of stylized flowers placed upo
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Provenance
Based on the materials presently supplied, the provenance of the drawing is documentary only in a limited and unverified sense, and rests principally on the seller's account together with a photocopied gallery letter that appears to relate to a group of purported Matisse drawings. The seller states that the present work, offered as Seated Woman Reading a Book , was purchased from a private collector in 1988, and that the only accompanying paperwork was a photocopy of a letter from Amer-Cana Galleries, Ontario, Cana
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Catalogue Notes
The most compelling and therefore most necessary point of comparison for the present sheet is Le Boléro violet (1941) (fig. Among the comparanda considered for this report, this painting is by far the closest in overall conception. The resemblance is not merely generic.
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Signature Concerns
Matisse" must also be treated cautiously. On the available photograph, the signature appears superficially plausible in that it adopts the expected abbreviated form and occupies a broadly familiar location at the lower left of the composition. However, once compared against a group of verified authentic Matisse signatures from drawings of related decades ( ), the submitted inscription becomes less persuasive.
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Signature ConcernsMatisse" must also be treated cautiously. On the available photograph, the signature appears superficially plausible in that it adopts the expected abbreviated form and occupies a broadly familiar location at the lower left of the composition.
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Description of the DocumentsThis report was prepared by ConfirmArt.com based solely on the photographic documentation submitted by the customer and the comparative references supplied in the same project folder. Submitted photographs of the questioned painting (overall, side, reverse, and details).ProvenanceBased on the materials presently supplied, the provenance of the drawing is documentary only in a limited and unverified sense, and rests principally on the seller's account together with a photocopied gallery letter that appears to relate to a group of purported Matisse drawings. The seller states that the present work, offered as Seated Woman Reading a Book , was purchased frCatalogue NotesThe most compelling and therefore most necessary point of comparison for the present sheet is Le Boléro violet (1941) (fig. Among the comparanda considered for this report, this painting is by far the closest in overall conception.Signature ConcernsMatisse" must also be treated cautiously. On the available photograph, the signature appears superficially plausible in that it adopts the expected abbreviated form and occupies a broadly familiar location at the lower left of the composition.
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