Henri Emile Benoit Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Attributed/Manner of: Sketch of Moroccan Figures, 1912. Ink on paper, signed and dated below, unframed.

Matisse was known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is accepted as one of the most influential modern painters and crowned as the leader of Fauvism, a 20th century movement that favored a painterly style and bold, expressive use of color over the representational or naturalistic values of the Impressionist movement before.
5.75 x 4.75 inches unframed.

Aged condition. There are light creases throughout, some foxing, the back side had some grime. A rip has been repaired with tape on the upper right corner, and there is a surface scratch on the paper's middle left quadrant.
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