Lot Essay
This painting was executed circa 1916-19.
Property from the Collection of HARRIET AND MORTIMER SPILLER, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924)
Beach Scene, New England
Details
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924)
Beach Scene, New England
signed 'Prendergast' lower right
watercolor, charcoal and pencil on paper laid down on board
13½ x 19½in. (34.3 x 49.5cm.)
Beach Scene, New England
signed 'Prendergast' lower right
watercolor, charcoal and pencil on paper laid down on board
13½ x 19½in. (34.3 x 49.5cm.)
Provenance
Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California
Carlen Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victor Potamkin
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carlen Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David David, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1965
Carlen Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victor Potamkin
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carlen Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David David, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1965
Literature
C. Clark, N.M. Mathews and G. Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 1300, pp. 524-525, illus.
Exhibited
Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Museum of Art, Collector's Choice, October-November, 1966, no.70