Standing Nude
artist
Henri Matisse
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - 1954, Nice)
Dateabout 1900
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumGraphite on wove paper
Dimensions32 x 20.6 cm (12 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.3.o.33
eMuseum ID725393
EmbARK ObjectID12417
Original Number2.3.r.86
TMS Source ID1541
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.
BibliographyNotes"Loans Recieved in 1911." Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol. 36 (Boston, 1912), p. 185. (as "Three Drawings by Matisse")
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 67.
Karen E. Haas. "Henri Matisse: 'A Magnificent Draughtsman.'" Fenway Court (1985), pp. 36-49, fig. 2. (as about 1900)
Anne McCauley in Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 221.
Marilyn Kushner et al. The Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution. Exh. cat. (New York: New-York Historical Society, 2013), p. 386.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 67.
Karen E. Haas. "Henri Matisse: 'A Magnificent Draughtsman.'" Fenway Court (1985), pp. 36-49, fig. 2. (as about 1900)
Anne McCauley in Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 221.
Marilyn Kushner et al. The Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution. Exh. cat. (New York: New-York Historical Society, 2013), p. 386.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower right, in graphite): Henri-Matisse
Inscribed in graphite (upper right corner of drawing sheet): 16
Inscribed on label (previously affixed to frame, verso): Museum of Fine Arts / 25.11 / Henri Matisse / Lent by Thomas Whittmore
Inscribed in graphite (upper right corner of drawing sheet): 16
Inscribed on label (previously affixed to frame, verso): Museum of Fine Arts / 25.11 / Henri Matisse / Lent by Thomas Whittmore
ProvenanceNotesLoaned to Isabella Stewart Gardner by the American scholar and archaeologist Thomas Whittemore (1871-1950), Boston on 7 February 1911 and officially given as a gift to her on 24 September 1923.
