Object details
Accession number
1.3.o.31
Creators
Full title
Matthew Stewart Prichard
Creation Date
1914
Provenance
Gift of Matthew Stewart Prichard (1865–1936), philosopher, to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1920.
Marks
Inscribed and signed (lower right): t. à quinze ex. dixième épr. Henri - Matisse
Dimensions
37.3 x 28.6 cm (14 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Lithograph
Dimension Notes
Impression: 20.16 x 15.08 cm (7 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Web Commentary
Matthew Stewart Prichard was the assistant director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and for a time lived in an apartment at Fenway Court. His friendship with Gardner influenced her ideas about contemporary art, especially the work of his friend Henri Matisse.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Walter Muir Whitehill. "Some Correspondence of Matthew Stewart Prichard and Isabella Stewart Gardner." Fenway Court (1974), pp. 14-29, ill. 20.
Karen E. Haas. "Henri Matisse: 'A Magnificent Draughtsman.'" Fenway Court (1985), pp. 36-49, no. 17.
Alan Chong. "Mrs. Gardner's museum of myth." Res 52 (Autumn 2007), pp. 212-220, fig. 3.
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