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The Piano Lesson
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Issy-les-Moulineaux, late summer 1916. Oil on canvas, 8' 1/2" x 6' 11 3/4" (245.1 x 212.7 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
125.1946
The artist, Nice and Paris. 1916 - 1926
Paul Guillaume (d. 1934), Paris. 1926 - 1934
Mrs. Paul Guillaume, Paris. 1934 - [c.1940]
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York. 1940 - 1946
Valentine Gallery, New York (F. Valentine Dudensing). 1946
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Valentine Gallery, 1946
[La Leçon de piano]
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