Matisse drawing of Mary Hutchinson may fetch £3m at auction

Hutchinson’s husband paid 8,000 francs for the work and it remained in the family estateA Matisse charcoal portrait of Mary Hutchinson, elegant in a designer blouse and leaning gracefully on one elbow, is expected to fetch up to £3m when it comes up for auction this month.The 1936 drawing is rather different from a celebrated portrait of the same woman by her lover’s wife, the artist Vanessa Bell, now in the Tate collection. Continue reading…
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