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Provenance

Paul Guillaume, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 13 September 1926) Georges Bénard, Paris (acquired by October 1926) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 June 1933, lot 64 (consigned by the above) Georges Bernheim, Paris (acquired at the above sale) Josef Müller, Solothurn Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Henri Matisse, Paintings , 1934, no. 22, n.p. (titled La Chaise ) Lucerne, Musée des Beaux Arts, Henri Matisse , 1949, no. 87, p. 33; pl. XII, illustrated (titled Chaise lorraine aux pêches and dated 1920/30) Paris, Grand Palais, Henri Matisse, Exposition du Centenaire , 1970, no. 161, p. 88; p. 223, illustrated (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II , 1976, p. 74; p. 75, illustrated (titled The Chair with Peaches ) Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Matisse: huiles, gouaches découpées, dessin, sculptures , 1980, no. 12, n.p., illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) Kunsthaus Zürich and Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Henri Matisse , 1982-83, no. 60, n.p., illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches and dated circa 1918; Zurich only) Basel, Kunstmuseum, Canto d’Amore: Klassizistische Moderne in Musik und bildender Kunst 1914-1935 , 1996, no. 61, pp. 392 and 394; p. 393, illustrated in color (titled Der Stuhl mit Pfirsichen and dated 1918) Munich, Haus der Kunst, Kunst über Grenzen. Die Klassische Moderne von Cézanne bis Tinguely und die Weltkunst—aus der Schweiz gesehen , 1999, no. 119, p. 165, illustrated Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Ornament und Abstraktion, Kunst der Kulturen, Moderne und Gegenwart im Dialog , 2001, no. 111, n.p., illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches and dated circa 1918) Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Matisse Figure Couleur Espace , 2006, no. 55, p. 96, illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage , 2024-25, p. 137

Literature

William Gaunt, “Henri Matisse,” The Studio , vol. 117, no. 551, February 1939, p. 54, illustrated (titled The Chair ) Alfred Barr, Matisse His Art and His Public , New York, 1951, pp. 194, 215, 277, 543, 581; p. 409, illustrated (dated 1916 or 1917) Mario Luzi and Massimo Carrà, L’Opera di Matisse dalla rivolta ‘fauve’ all’intimismo 1904-1928 , Milan, 1971, no. 308, p. 98, illustrated (titled Sedia con pesche ) Pierre Schneider, Matisse , New York, 1984, p. 165, illustrated in color; pp. 35 and 397 Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse, The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930 , 1986-87, pl. 25, p. 79, illustrated in color; p. 266 (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, Matisse, Rhythm and Line , New York, 1987, no. 81, p. 71; p. 81, illustrated in color (titled Chair with Peaches and dated circa 1918) Jean-Paul Mueller and Monique Barbier-Mueller, eds., A Life of Collecting, Josef Müller, 1887-1977 , Geneva, 1989, no. 58, p. 95; no. 31, p. 37 Walter Guadagnini, Matisse , Edison, 2004, p. 179, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., The Art Institute of Chicago and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 , 2010, fig. 54b, p. 348, illustrated in color; pp. 347 and 349 François Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse 1869-1954 , Moëns, 2025, no. 24.014, p. 347, illustrated in color (titled La Chaise lorraine aux pêches )

Catalog summary

Property from the Barbier-Mueller Collection Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) La Chaise lorraine signed Henri. Matisse (lower right) oil on canvas 51 ¼ by 35 ⅛ in. 129.5 by 89.2 cm. Executed circa 1919. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse. Provenance Paul Guillaume, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 13 September 1926) Georges Bénard, Paris (acquired by October 1926) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 June 1933, lot 64 (consigned by the above) Georges Bernheim, Paris (acquired at the above sale) Josef Müller, Solothurn Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Henri Matisse, Paintings , 1934, no. 22, n.p. (titled La Chaise ) Lucerne, Musée des Beaux Arts, Henri Matisse , 1949, no. 87, p. 33; pl. XII, illustrated (titled Chaise lorraine aux pêches and dated 1920/30) Paris, Grand Palais, Henri Matisse, Exposition du Centenaire , 1970, no. 161, p. 88; p. 223, illustrated (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II , 1976, p. 74; p. 75, illustrated (titled The Chair with Peaches ) Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Matisse: huiles, gouaches découpées, dessin, sculptures , 1980, no. 12, n.p., illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) Kunsthaus Zürich and Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Henri Matisse , 1982-83, no. 60, n.p., illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches and dated circa 1918; Zurich only) Basel, Kunstmuseum, Canto d’Amore: Klassizistische Moderne in Musik und bildender Kunst 1914-1935 , 1996, no. 61, pp. 392 and 394; p. 393, illustrated in color (titled Der Stuhl mit Pfirsichen and dated 1918) Munich, Haus der Kunst, Kunst über Grenzen. Die Klassische Moderne von Cézanne bis Tinguely und die Weltkunst—aus der Schweiz gesehen , 1999, no. 119, p. 165, illustrated Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Ornament und Abstraktion, Kunst der Kulturen, Moderne und Gegenwart im Dialog , 2001, no. 111, n.p., illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches and dated circa 1918) Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Matisse Figure Couleur Espace , 2006, no. 55, p. 96, illustrated in color (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage , 2024-25, p. 137 Literature William Gaunt, “Henri Matisse,” The Studio , vol. 117, no. 551, February 1939, p. 54, illustrated (titled The Chair ) Alfred Barr, Matisse His Art and His Public , New York, 1951, pp. 194, 215, 277, 543, 581; p. 409, illustrated (dated 1916 or 1917) Mario Luzi and Massimo Carrà, L’Opera di Matisse dalla rivolta ‘fauve’ all’intimismo 1904-1928 , Milan, 1971, no. 308, p. 98, illustrated (titled Sedia con pesche ) Pierre Schneider, Matisse , New York, 1984, p. 165, illustrated in color; pp. 35 and 397 Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse, The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930 , 1986-87, pl. 25, p. 79, illustrated in color; p. 266 (titled La Chaise aux pêches ) Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, Matisse, Rhythm and Line , New York, 1987, no. 81, p. 71; p. 81, illustrated in color (titled Chair with Peaches and dated circa 1918) Jean-Paul Mueller and Monique Barbier-Mueller, eds., A Life of Collecting, Josef Müller, 1887-1977 , Geneva, 1989, no. 58, p. 95; no. 31, p. 37 Walter Guadagnini, Matisse , Edison, 2004, p. 179, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., The Art Institute of Chicago and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 , 2010, fig. 54b, p. 348, illustrated in color; pp. 347 and 349 François Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse 1869-1954 , Moëns, 2025, no. 24.014, p. 347, illustrated in color (titled La Chaise lorraine aux pêches )