Three Studies of Zorah
artist
Henri Matisse
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - 1954, Nice)
Date1912
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumInk on wove paper
Dimensions31.3 x 24.1 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.3.o.30
eMuseum ID725546
EmbARK ObjectID12413
Previous Number1.2.o.30
Original Number2.3.r.87
TMS Source ID1537
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesGalerie Bernheim-Jeune. Exposition Henri-Matisse: Tableaux du Maroc et Scupture. Exh. Cat. (Paris, 14-19 April 1913), p. 7, ill.
Alfred Hamilton Barr. Matisse: His Art and his Public (New York, 1966), pp. 105, 155, 379, ill. (as a preliminary sketch for Zorah Standing, now housed in The State Hermitage Musuem, Saint Petersburg)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 61-62, no. 31. (entitled "Three Girls' Heads")
Karen E. Haas. "Henri Matisse: 'A Magnificent Draughtsman.'" Fenway Court (1985), pp. 36-49, fig. 13. (entitled "Three Girls' Heads or Three Studies of Zorah")
Anne Baldasari in Isabelle Monod-Fontaine et al. Oeuvres de Matisse. Exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1989), p. 170-71, fig. c. (entitled "Zorah: Three Studies")
Rémi Labrusse in Claude Duthuit et al. (eds.). Le Maroc de Matisse. Exh. cat. (Paris: l'Institut du monde arabe, 1999), pp. 90-93, ill. (entitled "Three Studies of Zorah")
Alfred Hamilton Barr. Matisse: His Art and his Public (New York, 1966), pp. 105, 155, 379, ill. (as a preliminary sketch for Zorah Standing, now housed in The State Hermitage Musuem, Saint Petersburg)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 61-62, no. 31. (entitled "Three Girls' Heads")
Karen E. Haas. "Henri Matisse: 'A Magnificent Draughtsman.'" Fenway Court (1985), pp. 36-49, fig. 13. (entitled "Three Girls' Heads or Three Studies of Zorah")
Anne Baldasari in Isabelle Monod-Fontaine et al. Oeuvres de Matisse. Exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1989), p. 170-71, fig. c. (entitled "Zorah: Three Studies")
Rémi Labrusse in Claude Duthuit et al. (eds.). Le Maroc de Matisse. Exh. cat. (Paris: l'Institut du monde arabe, 1999), pp. 90-93, ill. (entitled "Three Studies of Zorah")
MarksNotesSigned and dated in graphite (along left edge): Henri Matisse, Tangier 1912
ProvenanceNotesPossibly a gift from the artist Henri Matisse to the philosopher Matthew Stewart Prichard (1865-1936) around 4 January 1913.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at Green Hill by 1913, possibly as a gift from Matthew Stewart Prichard.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at Green Hill by 1913, possibly as a gift from Matthew Stewart Prichard.
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