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The Terrace Bridge, Central Park, (painter)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Prendergast, Maurice 1858-1924  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois 60603-6110 Accession Number: 1939.431
Date:
1901
Notes:
Montgomery, Elizabeth Miles, "American Impressionists," New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1991, pg. 17 and 112.
Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Elizabeth Kennedy, "Prendergast in Italy," London; New York: Merrell in association with Williams College Museum of Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art, 2009, pg. 75.
"The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago," Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011, pg. 138.
Summary:
Central Park scene depicting fashionably dressed men, women, and children strolling across the Bethesda Terrace stairs.
Topic:
Landscape--Park--Central Park  Search this
Cityscape--New York--New York City  Search this
Architecture--Bridge  Search this
Architecture--Detail--Stairs  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Strolling  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A120002
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_390588