Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)Marocain Assis, Les Bras CroisésSigned, located 'Tanger' and dated 1913 bottom right, ink on thin wove paper.10 x 7 1/2 in. (25.4 x 19cm)PROVENANCE:Sotheby's, New York, "Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Part II," November 7, 1991, lot 193.Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (acquired directly from the above sale).EXHIBITED:"Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings: 1912 - 1913," The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 18 - June 3, 1990; also traveled to: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 24 - September 4, 1990; State Pushkin Museum, Moscow, September 28 - November 20, 1990; and The Hermitage, Leningrad, December 15, 1990 - February 15, 1991, no. 51, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p.181.note:This lot is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticty signed by Wanda de Guébriant of the Archives Matisse and dated 12/12/84. It is also accompanied by its former mounting board, the verso of which is inscribed in pencil: 'le regard noyé dans la vapeur du ciel/encor lilas[?]/p. 125'.