Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954)

Jeune femme les mains jointes sur le dossier d'un meuble (Young Woman with Folded Hands on the Back of a Piece of Furniture) (D. 162) (1929)

drypoint on Chine appliqué, signed in pencil, numbered 23/25 (there was also one artist's proof and two trial proofs)
plate size 15 x 12 cm, framed and glazed 62 x 53 cm

Condition Report

Hinged to the mount upper left and right corners, verso. The sheet is slightly undulating. There is soft creasing to the upper left corner and to the lower left corner. There is a small nick to the centre of the right deckled edge. Some light surface dirt. There is a small 0.3cm indentation to the hand. There is soft 2cm crease to the plate, upper left edge. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.