MAURICE BRAZIL PRENDERGAST (1859-1924)
23.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1539458
Lot 368 | MAURICE BRAZIL PRENDERGAST (1859-1924)
Estimate value
50000USD $ 50 000 – 70 000
Bathing Beach
signed 'Prendergast' (lower right)
watercolor, pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper laid down on paperboard
13 ¾ x 9 ½ in. (34.9 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1916-19.
Provenance
The artist.
Charles Prendergast, Westport, Connecticut, brother of the above, 1924.
Kraushaar Galleries, New York.
B.D. Saklatwalla, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1926.
Rains Galleries, New York, 6 April 1934, lot 58, sold by the above.
Private collection.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1957.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Patterson, 1959.
Davis Galleries, New York.
Mimi and Sanford Feld, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from the above, 1972.
Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.
Literature
"Rains to Hold Notable Sale of Modern Art," Art News, vol. XXXII, March 31, 1934, p. 10, illustrated.
H.H. Rhys, Maurice Prendergast: The Sources and Development of His Style, Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, 1952, p. 191.
C. Clark, N.M. Mathews, G. Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 524, no. 1297, illustrated.
Exhibited
(Possibly) New York, Montross Gallery, Watercolors by American Artists, December 8-31, 1917, no. 52.
University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Museum of Art; Aspen, Colorado, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Selections from the Collection of Mimi and Sanford Feld, March 22-November 22, 1981, n.p., no. 25, illustrated.
| Artist: | Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858 - 1924) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858 - 1924) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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