Henri Matisse

French · 1869–1954 · Painter, Printmaker

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and… (Wikipedia)

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Jeune Chinoise, 1947
Lithograph · Paper
14¾ h x 9½ w in (37 x 24 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 3, 2025 · Lot 153
$5,715≈ £4,260≈ €4,904Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Le repos du modèle, 1922
Lithograph
8¾ h x 12 w in (22 x 30 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 3, 2025 · Lot 154
$3,810≈ £2,840≈ €3,270Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Figure assise mains au menton, 1929
Drypoint · Paper
6 h x 4⅞ w in (15 x 12 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 3, 2025 · Lot 155
$6,985≈ £5,207≈ €5,994Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Jeune femme avec un plastron de lingerie, 1946
Etching
7 h x 5 w in (18 x 13 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 3, 2025 · Lot 156
$1,143≈ £852≈ €981Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Mlle. M. M. (Mademoiselle Marguerite Matisse) (from the Cinquante dessins portfolio), 1920
Etching
5¾ h x 3⅞ w in (15 x 10 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 3, 2025 · Lot 157
$3,810≈ £2,840≈ €3,270Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
"Nu bleu II"After the artist
Screenprint · Paper
Auktionshaus Mehlis · Aug 30, 2025 · Lot 3834
€650≈ $758≈ £563HammerSign up free to seeView at Auktionshaus Mehlis ↗
Three works from Dessins: Thèmes et Variations, 1943
Print (other)
9⅝ h x 12⅞ w in (24 x 33 cm)
Rago Auctions · Aug 15, 2025 · Lot 210
$699≈ £516≈ €598Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $300–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Madame De Pompadour, 1951
Lithograph · Other support
80cm x 60cm
Elstob & Elstob · Jul 30, 2025 · Lot 666
£900≈ $1,203≈ €1,044HammerSign up free to seeView at Elstob & Elstob ↗
Untitled (from the Dessins: Themes and Variations portfolio)After the artist
photomechanical facsimile
8½ h x 11½ w in (22 x 29 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Jul 23, 2025 · Lot 168
$64≈ £47≈ €55Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Untitled (from the Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans portfolio), 1950
Lithograph
16 h x 13¼ w in (41 x 34 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Jul 23, 2025 · Lot 169
$381≈ £282≈ €325Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $500–View at Toomey & Co. ↗

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Henri Matisse signature

398 catalogued lots by Henri Matisse record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (51% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right80
in the plate45
lower left24
in the margin3
upper right2
on the base1

Form

signed258
signed and dated74
signed in pencil46
monogrammed11
initialled8
stamped signature1

Signed at the bottom left, in black, "Henri Matisse"; editioned at the bottom left, with pencil, "54/75" — Odalisque with Yellow Robe, Artmark, Sep 24, 2026
Signed at the bottom left, in black, "Henri Matisse"; editioned at the bottom left, with pencil, "6/75" — The Mauritanian Screen, Artmark, Sep 24, 2026
Signed lower left, in black, "Henri Matisse"; editioned lower left, in pencil, "16/75" — Madame de Pompadour, Artmark, Sep 24, 2026

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About Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.

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In museum collections

Fruit, 1946 - 1964
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public domain
Boy with Butterfly Net, 1907
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain
Three Bathers, 1907
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain
Still Life with Pascal’s Pensées, 1924
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain