Orientale, tatouage en croix sur la Poitrine

HENRI MATISSE Orientale, tatouage en croix sur la Poitrine drypoint, 1929, on Chine appliqué to Arches paper, signed in pencil, annotated 'Essai' (a trial proof, the edition was 25), with full margins, foxing throughout in the margins and on the reverse Image: 6 x 4 1/8 in. (150 x 105 mm.) Sheet: 15 x 11 in. (380 x 280 mm.)