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Provenance

Valentine Dudensing, New York (acquired directly from the artist) Stephen C. Clark, New York (probably acquired from the above by 1931) Lucienne and Maurice Newton, New York (acquired by 1967) Frederick M. Peyser, New York (acquired by 1973) Sotheby’s, New York, 13 May 1986, lot 42 (consigned by the estate of the above) Private Collection (acquired at the above sale) Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired in 1995) Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above in 1996) Sotheby’s, New York, 7 May 2014, lot 8 (consigned by the above) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

(possibly) Paris, Pavillon Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition des Arts Décoratifs , 1925 Paris, Salon des Tuileries, Salon d'Automne , 1925, no. 614, p. 153 (titled Intérieur (Le modèle), le matin ) New York, Acquavella Galleries, Henri Matisse , 1973, pl. 32, illustrated in color (titled Femme peintre and dated 1923) Paris, Centre Pompidou and Moscow, Ministry of Culture of the USSR, Paris-Moscou 1900-1930 , 1979, p. 222, illustrated (titled La femme peintre ) Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice, 1916-1930 , 1986-87, no. 131, pl. 148, p. 192, illustrated in color; p. 318, illustrated

Literature

Philippe Marcel, “Henri Matisse,” L’Art d'aujourd' hui , vol. I, Spring-Summer 1924, pl. XXIX, illustrated in color Bernheim-Jeune Éditeurs, eds., “Courrier de la presse: une interview d’Henri Matisse,” Le Bulletin de la vie artistique , vol. 6, no. 19, 1 October 1925, p. 429, illustrated (titled Les Roses ) Waldemar George, "Le Salon d'Automne," L'Amour de l'Art , vol. 6, no. 9, September 1925, p. 353, illustrated (titled Intérieur ) Adolphe Basler, "Das Formproblem der Malerei seit Cézanne," Kunst und Künstler, October 1930, p. 27, illustrated (titled Intérieur ) Helen Appleton Read, “The Stephen Clark Collection,” Vogue , 1 January 1931, p. 53, illustrated (in photograph of the Stephen C. Clark residence) Jean H. Lipman, "Matisse Paintings in the Stephen C. Clark Collection," Art in America , vol. XXII, October 1934, p. 143 (titled The Morning Sitting ) Jean Guichard-Meili, Henri Matisse, son oeuvre—son univers , Paris, 1967, fig. 89, p. 98, illustrated; p. 249 (titled Jeune femme peintre and dated 1923) Mario Luzi and Massimo Carrà, L'Opera di Matisse dalla rivolta ‘fauve’ all'intimismo 1904-1928 , Milan, 1971, no. 396, n.p., illustrated (titled Pittrice and dated 1923) Dominique Fourcade, Henri Matisse, Écrits et propos sur l’art , Paris, 1972, p. 85, note 22 Pierre Schneider, Matisse , Paris, 1984, pp. 426 and 510-11 (titled The Woman Painter and dated 1923) Kenneth E. Silver, “Matisse’s Retour à l’ordre,” Art in America , vol. 75, no. 6, June 1987, pp. 117 and 122 Exh. Cat., Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Les Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée Matisse, Nice, Cimiez , 1991, p. 58, note 5, and p. 266, note 5 Exh. Cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Still Life Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , 1994, p. 122 Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse chez Bernheim Jeune , vol. II, Paris, 1996, no. 635, p. 1225, illustrated (titled La femme peintre and dated 1925) Martine Blanche, Poétique des tableaux chez Proust et Matisse , Birmingham, 1996, p. 86 Exh. Cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Williamstown, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings , 2006-07, no. 284, p. 337 François Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse 1869-1954 , Moëns, 2025, no. 29.021, p. 444, illustrated in color

Catalog summary

Property from an Important Private Collector Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) La Séance du matin signed Henri. Matisse (lower right) oil on canvas 28 ½ by 23 ¾ in. 72.5 by 60 cm. Executed in 1924. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Georges Matisse. Saleroom notice Please note that immediately following the auction this work will be presented to the Archives Matisse in Paris. This lot will be invoiced for payment and available for collection upon its return to New York after the viewing. Provenance Valentine Dudensing, New York (acquired directly from the artist) Stephen C. Clark, New York (probably acquired from the above by 1931) Lucienne and Maurice Newton, New York (acquired by 1967) Frederick M. Peyser, New York (acquired by 1973) Sotheby’s, New York, 13 May 1986, lot 42 (consigned by the estate of the above) Private Collection (acquired at the above sale) Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired in 1995) Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above in 1996) Sotheby’s, New York, 7 May 2014, lot 8 (consigned by the above) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited (possibly) Paris, Pavillon Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition des Arts Décoratifs , 1925 Paris, Salon des Tuileries, Salon d'Automne , 1925, no. 614, p. 153 (titled Intérieur (Le modèle), le matin ) New York, Acquavella Galleries, Henri Matisse , 1973, pl. 32, illustrated in color (titled Femme peintre and dated 1923) Paris, Centre Pompidou and Moscow, Ministry of Culture of the USSR, Paris-Moscou 1900-1930 , 1979, p. 222, illustrated (titled La femme peintre ) Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice, 1916-1930 , 1986-87, no. 131, pl. 148, p. 192, illustrated in color; p. 318, illustrated Literature Philippe Marcel, “Henri Matisse,” L’Art d'aujourd' hui , vol. I, Spring-Summer 1924, pl. XXIX, illustrated in color Bernheim-Jeune Éditeurs, eds., “Courrier de la presse: une interview d’Henri Matisse,” Le Bulletin de la vie artistique , vol. 6, no. 19, 1 October 1925, p. 429, illustrated (titled Les Roses ) Waldemar George, "Le Salon d'Automne," L'Amour de l'Art , vol. 6, no. 9, September 1925, p. 353, illustrated (titled Intérieur ) Adolphe Basler, "Das Formproblem der Malerei seit Cézanne," Kunst und Künstler, October 1930, p. 27, illustrated (titled Intérieur ) Helen Appleton Read, “The Stephen Clark Collection,” Vogue , 1 January 1931, p. 53, illustrated (in photograph of the Stephen C. Clark residence) Jean H. Lipman, "Matisse Paintings in the Stephen C. Clark Collection," Art in America , vol. XXII, October 1934, p. 143 (titled The Morning Sitting ) Jean Guichard-Meili, Henri Matisse, son oeuvre—son univers , Paris, 1967, fig. 89, p. 98, illustrated; p. 249 (titled Jeune femme peintre and dated 1923) Mario Luzi and Massimo Carrà, L'Opera di Matisse dalla rivolta ‘fauve’ all'intimismo 1904-1928 , Milan, 1971, no. 396, n.p., illustrated (titled Pittrice and dated 1923) Dominique Fourcade, Henri Matisse, Écrits et propos sur l’art , Paris, 1972, p. 85, note 22 Pierre Schneider, Matisse , Paris, 1984, pp. 426 and 510-11 (titled The Woman Painter and dated 1923) Kenneth E. Silver, “Matisse’s Retour à l’ordre,” Art in America , vol. 75, no. 6, June 1987, pp. 117 and 122 Exh. Cat., Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Les Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée Matisse, Nice, Cimiez , 1991, p. 58, note 5, and p. 266, note 5 Exh. Cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Still Life Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , 1994, p. 122 Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse chez Bernheim Jeune , vol. II, Paris, 1996, no. 635, p. 1225, illustrated (titled La femme peintre and dated 1925) Martine Blanche, Poétique des tableaux chez Proust et Matisse , Birmingham, 1996, p. 86 Exh. Cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Williamstown, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings , 2006-07, no. 284, p. 337 François Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse 1869-1954 , Moëns, 2025, no. 29.021, p. 444, illustrated in color