Maurice Prendergast, American, b. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 1858–1924 Search this
Medium:
Watercolor, opaque paint, oil, and crayon on paper
Dimensions:
13 7/8 X 19 15/16 IN. IRREG. (35.2 X 50.6 CM.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
(1907)
Provenance:
The artist
Charles Prendergast, Westport, Connecticut, 1924-1948
Mrs. Eugenie Prendergast, Westport, Connecticut, from 1948
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, to October 23, 1954
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 October 1954-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History:
*from the Catalogue Raisonne:
ADDISON GALLERIES, Andover, MA. "The Prendergasts: Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Maurice and Charles Prendergast," 24 September-6 November 1938, cat.
*from the Old Hirshhorn records:
KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES, New York. "Maurice Prendergast: Paintings and Water Colors of Chartres, Dieppe, Dinard, Treport, Paris, St. Malo," 13 November-9 December 1944, cat. no. 13.
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis. "American Watercolor and Winslow Homer," 27 February-23 March 1945, cat. p. 54. TOUR: DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 3 April-1 May 1945; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 15 May-12 June 1945.
KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES, New York. "Maurice Prendergast: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors and Monotypes," 3-28 January 1950, cat. no. 7, ill.
NORTON GALLERY AND SCHOOL OF ART, West Palm Beach, Florida. "Masters of Water Color: Marin, Demuth, Prendergast," 3-26 February 1950. TOUR: THE ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION AND HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, 5-24 March 1950.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa. "Some American Paintings from the Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 10-31 January 1957, no. 63 [as "Saint-Malo"]. TOUR: MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 20-31 March; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 12 April-26 May; STRATFORD ARENA, Ontario, 1 July-31 August; WINNIPEG ART GALLERY, Manitoba, 6 October-3 November.
GREENWICH LIBRARY, Connecticut. "American Painting from 1875-1925," 8-27 November 1962.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "'The Eight' and the Independent Tradition in American Art," 13 January-15 March 1983. TOUR: TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Evanston, Illinois, 1 April-8 May 1983, no. 23; (Exhibition retitled "Early Rebels in American Art (The Eight)").
SMITHSONIAN SITES. "Genre Scenes," 26 January 1985-21 June 1987.
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, Wisconsin. "Painters of a New Century: The Eight." TOUR: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANANDA, Ontario, 16 April-7 June 1992; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 26 June-21 September 1992.
Published References:
*from the Catalogue Raisonne:
RHYS, HEDLEY HOWELL. "Maurice Prendergast: The Sources and Development of His Style," Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1952, p. 180.
UNSIGNED. "Loan Collection at Arts Museum, " Montreal Gazette, 23 March 1957.
FRANKENSTEIN, ALFRED. "1900-1913," The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. (New York, 1974.
*from old Hirshhorn records:
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 736, colorplate 238.
UNSIGNED. Color cover, The National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals, Journal 12, no. 3 (summer 1981).
WATTENMAKER, RICHARD S. "Maurice Prendergast," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin XL, no. 1 (1982-83), p. 31, fig. 7.
DORSEY, JOHN. "America's rebel 'Eight' insisted on individuality," The Sun (Baltimore), 24 January 1983.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "The Eight on Tour, 1908-1909," The American Art Journal XVI, no. 3 (summer 1984), fig. 24.
UNSIGNED. "The Sea." The Smithsonian Engagement Calendar for 1985. New York: Universe, 1984, color plate.
CLARK, CAROL, et al. Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonne (Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1990): cat. no. 880, p.432.
WATTENMAKER, RICHARD J. Maurice Prendergast, (Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers in association with The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994), no. 66, p. 89.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
