Matthew Stewart Prichard
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Henri Matisse
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - 1954, Nice)
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Matthew Stewart Prichard
(Somerset, 1865 - 1936, Buckinghamshire)
Date1914
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumLithograph
Dimensions37.3 x 28.6 cm (14 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.3.o.31
eMuseum ID725679
EmbARK ObjectID12415
Original Number2.2.o.72
TMS Source ID1539
Last Updated10/3/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryMatthew 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.
BibliographyNotesWalter 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.
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.
MarksNotesInscribed and signed (lower right): t. à quinze ex. dixième épr. Henri - Matisse
ProvenanceNotesGift of Matthew Stewart Prichard (1865–1936), philosopher, to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1920.
