Caffè Florian in Venice, 1898/1899

Not on View

Medium

watercolor and graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 28.4 × 40 cm (11 3/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ernest Hillman, Jr., in memory of his friend, John Davis Skilton, Jr.

Catalogue Raisonné

Clark et al. 1990, no. 686

Accession Number

2003.123.1

Artists / Makers

Maurice Prendergast (artist) American, 1858 - 1924

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in pen and brown ink: Maurice Prendergast; by unknown hand, lower right verso in black chalk: 1909 / Venice

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

Hillman, Ernest, Estate of

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.