National Gallery of Art

Inscription

on the reverse: Maurice B. Prendergast / 1921[1]

Inscription Notes

[1] The signature and date are no longer visible because they were covered when the painting was originally lined sometime prior to a second lining done in 1964. The inscription was transcribed and photographed during the first lining; however, the photograph has not been located.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist 15 December 1923 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Exhibition History

1921

Possibly Third Annual Exhibition - New Society of Artists, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1921, no. 70.

1922

Possibly Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Eclectics, Dudensing Galleries, New York, 1922.

1923

Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, December 1923-January 1924, no.144.

1923

Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, November-December 1923, no. 178.

1924

Tenth Annual Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1924, no. 34.

1934

Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1934, no. 104.

1954

Inaugural Exhibition, Fort Worth Art Center, 1954, no. 80.

1957

Twenty-Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 1957, no. 35, Historical Section.

1959

Loan Exhibition. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary, Wildenstein, New York, 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1963

The New Tradition: Modern Americans before 1940, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963, no. 80.

1966

Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, unpublished checklist.

1976

Corcoran [The American Genius]. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976, unnumbered catalogue.

1978

The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April - 16 July 1978, unnumbered catalogue.

1985

Henri's Circle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 April - 16 June 1985, unnumbered checklist.

1990

Maurice Prendergast, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Phillips Collection, Washington, 1990-1991, no. 110.

1998

The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2003

The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, unpublished checklist.

2004

Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2004-2005, unpublished checklist.

2005

Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 79.

2009

American Paintings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 6 June - 18 October 2009, unpublished checklist.

2013

American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

n.d.

Corcoran Gallery of Art Archives, Special Collections Research Center, George Washington University Libraries, Washington, DC: correspondence between C. Powell Minnigerode and Maurice Prendergast; 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 23 December 1923; RG2, Office of the Director records; Series 2, Minnigerode and Williams records, 1908-1968.

1923

"383 Works Shown by 286 Artists at Corcoran Gallery." The Washington Post (17 December 1923): 4.

1923

"Award Clark Art Prizes." The Philadelphia Public Ledger (7 December 1923).

1923

"Awards at Biennial Are Like Chicago's." Art News 22, no. 10 (15 December 1923): 2.

1923

Barker, Virgil. "Praise for Paintings at Corcoran Show." The New York Evening Post (22 December 1923): 5.

1923

"Bellows Awarded First Clark Prize." The Washington Star (6 December 1923): 1.

1923

"Bellows Winner of 1st Clark Prize." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (6 December 1923): 3.

1923

"Bellows Wins First Prize in Corcoran Exhibition." Newark Evening News (6 December 1923): 5.

1923

Brigham, Gertrude Richardson. "Art and Artists of the National Capital." The Washington Post (16 December 1923): Amusements: 9.

1923

Burroughs, Clyde H. "Director Burroughs Gives Impressions of Big Show." The Detroit News (30 December 1923): 12.

1923

"Clark Prize to Bellows." New York World (7 December 1923): 13.

1923

"Corcoran Medals Awarded to Artists." New York Evenig Post (6 December 1923): 2.

1923

Dorr, Charles Henry. "Milwaukeeans in Capital Art Show." Milwaukee Journal (23 December 1923): 5: 4.

1923

Dorr, Charles Henry. unknown title. The Brooklyn Times (23 December 1923).

1923

"Gallery Buys 11 Pictures on Show." The Washington Star (19 December 1923): 3.

1923

"George W. Bellows Wins Clark Prize." New York Evening Mail (6 December 1923).

1923

"G. W. Bellows Wins $2,000 Art Prize." The New Yrk Times (7 December 1923): 25.

1923

Mechlin, Leila. "Notes of Art and Artists [exh.review]." The Washington Star (16 December 1923): 2: 13.

1923

Merrick, Lula. "In the World of Art [exh. review]." New York Morning Telegraph (23 December 1923): 9.

1923

"New York Artist Wins." New York Herlad (7 December 1923): 13.

1923

"N.Y. Painters Win Two Clark Awards." New York Evening Telegram (6 December 1923).

1923

Perkins, Harley. "Contemporary American Art Shown at National Capital [exh. review]." Boston Evening Transcript (19 December 1923): 3: 2.

1923

"Prizes in Washington." Boston Evening Transcript (17 December 1923): 10.

1923

"The World of Art: Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Corcoran Gallery [exh. review]." The New York Times (23 December 1923): Magazine section: 10, 11, repro.

1923

"Thousands Attend Corcoran Exhibit." The Washington Star (16 December 1923): 1:3.

1923

"Washington Turns to Art." New York Sun and the Globe (19 December 1923): 20.

1923

Wright, Helen. "Ninth Biennial is a Brilliant Exhibit." Art News 22, no. 11 (22 December 1923): 2, repro.

1924

"A Popular Prize." Boston Evening Transcript (21 January 1924): 2: 15.

1924

Barker, Virgil. "Notes on the Exhibitions [exh. review]." Arts 5, no. 1 (January 1924): 38, repro.

1924

"Dickinson Picture Wins Public Vote." The Washington Star (15 January 1924): 2.

1924

Flambeau, Viktor. "Public Votes This Week on Prize Picture: Corcoran Biennial Exhibition Visitors Willl Select Their Favorites." The Washington Herald (6 January 1924): March of Events section: 5.

1924

Mechlin, Leila. "Contemporary American Painting: Ninth Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art [exh. review]." American Magazine of Art 15, no. 2 (February 1924): 66. repro., 67, 72.

1924

"The Ninth Biennial at the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C." Macon Telegraph (Georgia) (6 January 1924).

1926

Milliken, William Mathewson. " Maurice Prendergast, American Artist [exh. review]." Arts 9, no. 4 (April 1926): 192.

1929

Cochrane, Albert Franz. "Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition: Harvard Society for Contemporary Art Sponsors Display 5 Years After Artist's Death [exh. review]." Boston Evening Transcript (24 April 1929): 3: 14.

1931

Breuning, Margaret. Maurice Prendergast (American Artists Series). New York, 1931: 7.

1933

Downes, William Howe. "Prendergast, Maurice Brazil." In Dumas Malone, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. New York, 1961: 186.

1934

"Deaf Prendergast, Dead Ten Years, Presents His 'Still Domain' [exh. review]." Art Digest 8, no. 11 (1 March 1934): 10.

1934

Read, Helen Appleton. "Prendergast Honored at the Whitney." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (18 February 1934): B-C: 12.

1934

"Whitney Museum Opens Prendergast Memorial Display." New York Herald Tribune (21 February 1934): 21.

1934

"Whitney Will Hold Prendergast Show." Art News 32, no. 20 (17 February 1934): 3.

1937

Special Exhibition of Monotypes by Maurice Brazil Prendergast. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1937: n.p.

1938

Dooley, William Germain. "Prendergast Exhibit Planned for Andover [exh. review]." Boston Evening Transcript (10 September 1938): 3: 3.

1939

Lewis, Elisabeth Ray. "Museum Treasure of the Week: The Corcoran Gallery Collection in Review: 'The Eight.'" The Washington Post (3 September 1939): A:5.

1943

White, James T. "Prendergast, Maurice Brazil." In National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York, 1943: 399.

1947

Corcoran Gallery of Art. Handbook of the American Paintings in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1947: 66.

1952

Rhys, Hedley Howel. "Maurice Prendergast: The Sources and Development of His Style." Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1952: 164.

1954

McKinney, Ronald. The Eight (Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures, Album ME). New York, 1954: n.p., pl. 22.

1958

L. J. P. "Corcoran is Showing Works of 'Ashkan School.'" The Washington Post and Times Herald (5 October 1958): E7.

1959

Corcoran Gallery of Art. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1959: 60, repro.

1961

Ashlander, Leslie Judd. "Backbone of the Corcoran Gallery." The Washington Post (25 June 1961): G6.

1961

Rush, Richard H. Art as an Investment. New York, 1961: 201, repro.

1966

Harithas, James. "250 Years of American Art [exh. review]." Apollo 84, no. 53 (July 1966): 71, repro.

1968

Christensen, Erwin O. A Guide to Art Museums in the United States. New York, 1968: 148, 149, repro.

1973

Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 36, repro., 37.

1976

Green, Eleanor. Maurice Prendergast: Art of Impulse and Color. Exh. cat. University of Maryland Gallery, College Park, 1976: 76, 77.

1978

Monneret, Sophie, L'Impressionnisme et son Époque. 4 vols. Paris, 1978-1981: 1: 682.

1980

Scott, David W. Maurice Prendergast. Washington, DC; Phillips Collection, 1980, p. 13, pl. 20.

1981

Selz, Peter. Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890-1980. New York, 1981: 255, repro.

1982

Broadd, Harry A. "The Unique Style of Maurice Prendergast." Arts and Activities 90 (January 1982): 29, repro., 30.

1994

Wattenmaker, Richard J. Maurice Prendergast. New York, 1994: 141, 143, 144, repro., 147, 148, 154.

2000

Cash, Sarah, with Terrie Sultan. American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. New York, 2000: 166, repro.

2009

Kennedy, Elizabeth. "Maurice B. Prendergast: the Modern Spirit." In The Eight and American Modernism. Exh. cat. New Britain Museum of American Art, 2009: 110, repro.

2011

Napolitano, Laura Groves. "Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Landscape with Figures." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 226-227, 280-281, repro.

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