Maurice Prendergast

American, 1858 - 1924

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About a dozen people, mostly or all women, sit or stand in a loose row under a band of trees close to us in a park with water in the near distance in this stylized horizontal painting. The trees reach off the top edge of the canvas, and tufts of leaves are painted with dabs of moss, mint, and forest green with a few touches of marigold orange. The women all appear to have peachy or nearly white-colored skin and shades of brown hair. Their bodies and dresses are outlined in black, dark blue, or dark red. They are painted loosely and almost without facial features. They wear dresses in shades of coral red, pale yellow, muted blue, light lilac purple. A person sitting in the lower left corner wears a dark pink cap, and a dog stands to one side. Two sailboats float in the body of water beyond the grassy park. The water is painted pale mint green. A strip of land on the far side of the water is painted in tones of pale tan and purple, and the sky above is mottled parchment white and light slate blue, and the sun is a golden yellow disk to the left.
Maurice Prendergast, Landscape with Figures, 1921, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.79.45

Landscape with Figures

Maurice Prendergast · 1921 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.79.45

Maurice Prendergast, Salem Cove, c. 1915/1918, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.33

Salem Cove

Maurice Prendergast · c. 1915/1918 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1985.64.33

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Three Nudes

Maurice Prendergast · 1910-1916 · watercolor and pastel over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2953

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Gloucester

Maurice Prendergast · 1910 · watercolor over charcoal on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2952

Maurice Prendergast, Figures on a Beach, 1910/1915, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.111

Figures on a Beach

Maurice Prendergast · 1910/1915 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1985.64.111

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Summer Day, New England

Maurice Prendergast · c. 1910-1911 · watercolor over charcoal on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2504

Maurice Prendergast, Central Park, c. 1901, monotype on wove paper, Anonymous Gift, 2006.75.1

Central Park

Maurice Prendergast · c. 1901 · monotype on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2006.75.1

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A Park Scene with Baby Carriage

Maurice Prendergast · 1900/1903 · watercolor with graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2006.2.1

Maurice Prendergast, The Mall, Central Park, 1900/1903, watercolor and graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.11

The Mall, Central Park

Maurice Prendergast · 1900/1903 · watercolor and graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.11

Maurice Prendergast, Docks, East Boston, 1900/1904, watercolor, graphite, and gouache on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.12

Docks, East Boston

Maurice Prendergast · 1900/1904 · watercolor, graphite, and gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.12

Bibliography

1990

  • Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Matthews, and Gwendolyn Owens. Maurice Brazil Prendergast and Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné. Williamstown, MA, 1990.

  • Matthews, Nancy Mowll. Maurice Prendergast. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 1990-1991. Munich and Williamstown, MA, 1990.

1994

  • Wattenmaker, Richard J. Maurice Prendergast. New York, 1994.