Object details
Accession number
1.3.o.32
Primary Creator
Henri Matisse
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - 1954, Nice)
Full title
Madame Vignier
Creation Date
about 1914
Provenance
Possibly a gift from the artist Henri Matisse to the philosopher Matthew Stewart Prichard (1865-1936) around 1914.
Possibly a gift from Matthew Stewart Prichard to Isabella Stewart Gardner, perhaps in February 1920.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (bottom right): tirage a quinze exempl. Septieme epreuve. Henri-Matisse
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.5 cm (3 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Display Media
Etching on chine collé
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
M. Duthuit-Matisse and C. Duthuit. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé (Paris, 1983), pp. 20-25.
Karen E. Haas. "Henri Matisse: 'A Magnificent Draughtsman.'" Fenway Court (1985), p. 46, fig. 16. (as Henri Mattise, 1914)
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