Lot 28 · First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, featuring Drawings from the Collection of the Late Janie C. Lee, Sold for the Benefit of the Menil Drawing Institute
Intérieur à la grande baie, la main de l'artiste au premier plan à gauche
Henri Matisse · pen and India ink on paper
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 27 February 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, featuring Drawings from the Collection of the Late Janie C. Lee, Sold for the Benefit of the Menil Drawing Institute, New York · 27 February 2026
- Dimensions
- x 16 in. (52.4 x 40.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3096799
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3096799 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3096799
Henri Matisse, Intérieur à la grande baie, la main de l'artiste au premier plan à gauche. Christie's, 27 Feb 2026, lot 28. estimate $50,000–$70,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3096799.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
91% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 91%, 91% sold.
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Henri Matisse, Intérieur à la grande baie, la main de l'artiste au premier plan à gauche. Christie's, 27 Feb 2026, lot 28. estimate $50,000–$70,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3096799.
From the same sale First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, featuring Drawings from the Collection of the Late Janie C. Lee, Sold for the Benefit of the Menil Drawing Institute · Feb 2026
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|---|---|---|---|
| Under Discussion | JENNIFER ALLORA (B. 1974) & GUILLERMO CALZADILLA (B. 1971) | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Knife | Wayne Thiebaud | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Untitled | Ernst Yohji Jaeger | $25,000–$35,000 | upcoming |
| Seated Nude on Striped Couch | Joan Brown | $8,000–$12,000 | upcoming |
| Rose IV, Palm Springs | Ellsworth Kelly | $50,000–$70,000 | upcoming |
| Iris | Ellsworth Kelly | $40,000–$60,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henri Matisse | Tête au turban | $60,480 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | |
| Henri Matisse | Jeune fille accoudée | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Henri Matisse | Portrait de Simone Monette Vincent | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Henri Matisse | Nadia aux cheveux lisses (Duthuit 805) | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Henri Matisse | Femme à la mantille | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Henri Matisse | Nu debout | Bonhams, Jun 2023 | ||
| Henri Matisse | Marie-José en robe jaune | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Henri Matisse | Nu debout 9 1/8 in (23.2 cm) (height) | Bonhams, May 2020 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.