HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)Mademoiselle Matisse en manteau écossaisHENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)Mademoiselle Matisse en manteau écossaissigned 'Henri-Matisse' (lower left)oil on canvas28 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (73.5 x 54.9 cm.)Painted in Nice in spring 1918Details HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)Mademoiselle Matisse en manteau écossaissigned Henri-Matisse (lower left)oil on canvas28 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (73.5 x 54.9 cm.)Painted in Nice in spring 1918 Provenance Walter Taylor, London (by 1919); sale, Christies, London, 3 March 1939, lot 156.Captain Stanley William Sykes, Cambridge (acquired at the above sale).Sam Salz, New York (by 1951).Henry T. Mudd, Los Angeles.M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 18 March 1959).Henry Ford II, Detroit (acquired from the above, 6 February 1960).A. Alfred Taubman, Bloomfield Hills (acquired from the above, 23 December 1986); Estate sale, Sothebys New York, 4 November 2015, lot 42.Acquired at the above sale by the late owners. Literature F. Vanderpyl, Modern French Art in Burlington Magazine, vol. 37, no. 209, August 1920, pp. 100-106 (illustrated, p. 104, pl. II; titled Femme en costume de voyage).T.W. Earp, Modern French Painting at the Tate Gallery in Apollo, no. 4, 1926, pp. 65-66 (illustrated, p. 65; titled The Young Girl).R. Bernier, Matisse, Picasso, Miró As I Knew Them, New York, 1991 (illustrated in color, p. 16; titled Marguerite in a Plaid Coat; with incorrect dimensions).R. Bernier, Matisse en Persona in Saber Ver, no. 22, 1995, pp. 30-31 (illustrated in color, p. 30; titled Marguerite con abrigo a cuadros; with incorrect dimensions).C. Debray, Matisse: Paires et series, exh. cat., Musée national dart moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2012, pp. 149 and 276 (illustrated in color, p. 149). Exhibited London, Mansard Gallery, Exhibition of French Art, 1914-1919, August 1919, no. 37 (titled Lady on a terrace).London, National Gallery of British Art, Opening Exhibition of the Modern Foreign Gallery, June-October 1926, p. 5 (titled Young Girl; with incorrect dimensions).London, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Second Loan Exhibition, February 1928, no. 60 (titled Femme assise).London, The Mayor Gallery, Mr. Walter Taylors Collection, 1936, no. 26.Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum (on extended loan, 1944-circa 1950).Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice, 1916-1930, November 1986-March 1987, pp. 102 and 295, no. 33 (illustrated in color, p. 102, pl. 52; illustrated again, p. 285).New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse: A Retrospective, September 1992-January 1993, p. 302, no. 222 (illustrated in color; with incorrect dimensions).Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Matisse: 1917-1941, June-September 2009, pp. 32 and 230, no. 6 (illustrated in color, p. 33; with incorrect dimensions). Post Lot Text Georges Matisse has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Conditions of saleThe Artistic Journey – A Distinguished West Coast Collection