Marie-José en Robe jaune (Duthuit-Matisse 817)

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Marie-José en Robe jaune (Duthuit-Matisse 817) aquatint in colours, 1950, on Arches wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 99/100 (there were also ten artist's proofs, and forty proofs in two colour variations), with full margins, deckle edges at left and right, the colours bright and fresh, very pale light-staining, pale time staining to the sheet, pinpoint foxing, framed P. 540 x 420 mm., S. 760 x 565 mm.