Caffè Florian in Venice
1898/1899
Artist, American, 1858 - 1924
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Ernest Hillman, Jr., in memory of his friend, John Davis Skilton, Jr.
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Dimensions
sheet: 28.4 × 40 cm (11 3/16 × 15 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2003.123.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al. 1990, no. 686
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; Charles Prendergast [1863-1948], Boston and New York, 1924; Mrs. Charles Prendergast, New York and Westport, CT, 1948; John Davis Skilton, Jr., Fairfield, CT, 1962; Ernest Hillman, Jr., Washington, DC, 1972; gift to NGA, 2003.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2006
The Poetry of Light: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 138.
Bibliography
1960
Maurice Prendergast: 1859-1924. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1960: 89 and 144, no. 82.
1990
Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews, and Gwendolyn Owens. Maurice Brazil Prendergast and Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné. Williamstown, Massachusetts: Williams College Museum of Art, 1990, p. 377, no. 686.
Inscriptions
lower left in pen and brown ink: Maurice Prendergast; by unknown hand, lower right verso in black chalk: 1909 / Venice
Wikidata ID
Q64608923