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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.137
People
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American (St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada 1858 - 1924 New York, NY)
Title
Beach, New England
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1920
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308565

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on heavy white paper
Dimensions
38.7 x 56.1 cm (15 1/4 x 22 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: watercolor, l.r.: Prendergast
  • inscription: verso, graphite, English: Beach, New England-- 1920
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper: Color in Art exhibition, 4/74

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, 1921, to his brother, Charles Prendergast, 1924.
Charles Prendergast, from his brother the artist, 1924, to his wife, Mrs. Charles Prendergast, 1948.
Mrs. Charles Prendergast, From her husband, Charles Prendergast, 1948, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.137
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums April-June 1962", The Art Quarterly (Autumn 1962), vol. XXV, no. 3, pp. 262-272, p. 272
  • A Revolt: The 12345678, exh. cat., Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences (Peoria, IL, 1969), no. 29, repr.
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 134, ill.
  • James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), pp.56-57, cat. 19, ill.
  • Mary E. Lauretano, "Maurice Brazil Prendergast: A Study in Changing Styles and Influences", Emmanuel College Papers (1984 -1985), 5, pp. 53-54
  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, fig. 24, repr. in color p. 39
  • Carol Clark and Nancy Mowll Mathews, Maurice Brazil Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA, 1990), no. 1322, repr., color plate 81

Exhibition History

  • A Revolt: The 12345678, Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences, Peoria, 09/12/1969 - 11/09/1969
  • Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971
  • American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
  • Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1974 - 06/16/1974
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986
  • The Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/29/1992 - 03/07/1993

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