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"La Villa Bleue à Nice", a Previously Unknown Work by Matisse

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 10 March 2022 - 18:30 (CET) - 3, rue Rossini - 75009 Paris

This oil painting by Henri Matisse has never been on the market before. Long in a European collection, the work, which comes with its original support, is drawing interest from French, British and American collectors.

Henri Matisse (1869-1954), La Villa bleue à Nice (The Villa Blue in Nice), 1918,...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954), La Villa bleue à Nice (The Villa Blue in Nice), 1918, oil on canvas, 54 x 65.4 cm/21.26 x 25.74 in.
© SUCCESSION H. MATISSE
Estimate: €150,000/200,000

Matisse painted this landscape featuring a blue villa shortly after moving to Nice in 1917. The artist resided at the Beau Rivage Hotel on the Promenade des Anglais before renting an apartment in the building next door that he converted into a studio, where he painted his first…
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