Nov 20, 2025 11:00 EST
Important Fine Art including Paintings from The Collection of Lucille Coleman
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Henri Matisse
Property from a Prominent New Jersey Collection
French, 1869-1954
Quelques Fleurs, 1950-51
Signed with initials HM (lr)
Colored pencils and pencil on paper
5 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (13.3 x 20.6 cm)
Provenance:
Christmas gift from the artist to the writer Florence Gould, Cannes, 1951
Sale, Christie's, London, Dec. 1, 1987, lot 417
Private collection, Rome
Sale, Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Dec. 16, 2013, lot 28
Sale, Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Dec. 13, 2021, lot 19
Authenticity confirmed by the Archives Matisse in January 1985. It is included under no. CR 3 in their files. At the buyer’s request, the Archives Matisse will provide an “authenticity confirmation letter” that includes the archive number. The original certificate of authenticity issued by Marguerite Duthuit in 1972 has been lost.
Framed 14 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches
Property from a Prominent New Jersey Collection
French, 1869-1954
Quelques Fleurs, 1950-51
Signed with initials HM (lr)
Colored pencils and pencil on paper
5 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (13.3 x 20.6 cm)
Provenance:
Christmas gift from the artist to the writer Florence Gould, Cannes, 1951
Sale, Christie's, London, Dec. 1, 1987, lot 417
Private collection, Rome
Sale, Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Dec. 16, 2013, lot 28
Sale, Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Dec. 13, 2021, lot 19
Authenticity confirmed by the Archives Matisse in January 1985. It is included under no. CR 3 in their files. At the buyer’s request, the Archives Matisse will provide an “authenticity confirmation letter” that includes the archive number. The original certificate of authenticity issued by Marguerite Duthuit in 1972 has been lost.
Framed 14 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches
Toned; matburn; few scattered spots of foxing; tiny nick with tear at upper right corner edge; faint and shallow vertical center crease; small crease to the lower left corner.
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Auction: Important Fine Art including Paintings from The Collection of Lucille Coleman, Nov 20, 2025
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Auction of Important Fine Art on November 20, 2025 Delivered Outstanding Results
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Newly Rediscovered Work from 1925 by Salvador Dalí Achieved $191,00
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Including Important Paintings from the Collection of Lucille Coleman
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Consignments Art Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's November 20, 2025 auction of Important Fine Art saw bidders from around the globe drive outstanding results thoughout the sale. Showcased were exceptional paintings, drawings and sculpture by European, American, Latin American and Asian artists spanning the late 19th through the 20th century.
Highlighting the sale was a newly discovered, early work by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) that achieved an impressive $191,000 amid international bidding. Painted in 1925 during his formative years at the San Fernando Academy, Jeune femme en robe verte à demi-allongée de dos, had long been held in the family of American composer Harold Arlen. Works from this brief pre-Surrealist period reveal a young painter deeply absorbed in the study of form, proportion, and light, refining his technique through close observation of the Old Masters. The serene composition reflects the artist’s classical precision and technical command—qualities that would soon give rise to his revolutionary surrealist style. Read an essay profiling this work, Click Here.
Important Paintings from The Collection of Lucille Coleman
A special section of the sale presented Important Paintings from The Collection of Lucille Coleman, featuring works by Bernard Buffet, Gustave Loiseau, Maurice Utrillo, Louis Valtat, Maurice de Vlaminck and others (lots 116–141). Read More
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