Date
(c. 1910)
Artist
Maurice Prendergast, American, b. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 1858–1924
Provenance
The artist
Charles Prendergast, Westport, Connecticut, 1924-48
Mrs. Charles (Eugenie) Prendergast, Westport, from 1948
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, by 23 October 1954
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 October 1954-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
BRUMMER GALLERIES, New York. "Exhibition of Works by Maurice B. Prendergast and Charles E. Prendergast," 4-23 April 1921.
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, "The Eight,"24 November 1943-16 January 1944, no. 49.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "The Eight," no. 49. TOUR: THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, 8 February-8 March 1944; THE COLUMBUS GALLERY FINE ARTS, Ohio, 15 March-12 April; WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Massachusetts, 26 April-24 May; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 7 June-5 July; THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 19 July-19 September; THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, Ohio, 1-29 October; MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, The University of Rochester, New York, 10 November-18 December.
EAST HAMPTON GUILD HALL, New York. June-July 1951.
NORTON GALLERY, West Palm Beach, Florida. December 1951-February 1952.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa. "Some American Paintings from the Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 10-31 January 1957, no. 62. TOUR: MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 20-31 March; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 12 April-26 May; STRATFORD ARENA, Ontario, 1 July-31 August; WINNIPEG ART GALLERY, Manitoba, 6 October-3 November.
(*from the Catalogue Raisonne):
DAVIS GALLERIES, New York. The Beach Scene: an American Tradition, 10 March-4 April 1959. Checklist.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection: A View of the Protean Century." TOUR: M. KNOEDLER & CO., New York, 31 October-24 November 1962; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, New Hampshire, 16 December-12 January 1963; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 30 January-26 February; EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, Indiana, 16 March-12 April; MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 30 April-27 May; J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, Kentucky, 13 June-10 July; THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 30 July-25 August; SAETTLE ART MUSEUM, 11 September-8 October; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October-23 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 11 December-7 January 1964; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 26 January-23 February; OKLAHOMA ART CENTER, Oklahoma City, 12 March-8 April; BROOKS MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Memphis, 25 April-23 May; ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION, Georgia, 10 June-7 July; SAGINAW ART MUSEUM, Michigan, 25 July-22 August; MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 8 September-6 October; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 24 October-21 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 9 December-10 January 1965; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 8 February-5 April.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Evanston, Illinois. "Hirshhorn: American Painting, 1880-1930," 29 July-30 September, no. 14.
THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM, Huntington, NY. "Seven/Eight: A Comparative Exhibition of the Canadian Group of Seven and the American Painters, The Eight," 20 June-1 August 1982, p. 40.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamstown, Massachusetts. "Maurice Prendergast," cat. no. 77, p.122, 184, 187. TOUR: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 31 May-2 September 1990; WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 6 October-16 December; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 21 February-22 April 1991; PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 18 May-25 August.
Published References
BREUNING, MARGARET. "Artists on the beach…" Arts, 33/6 March 1959, p. 50.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York, Abrams, 1974): p. 736, ill. 193.
CLARK, CAROL, et al. Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonne (Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1990): cat. no. 364, p.288, fig. 66, p. 173.
MATHEWS, NANCY MOWLL. Maurice Prendergast (Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, 1990), fig. 77, p. 122, p. 189.
*from the Catalogue Raisonne:
UNSIGNED. "Loan Collection at Arts Museum." Montreal Gazette (23 March 1957), p. 30.
FRANKENSTEIN, ALFRED. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. (New York, 1974). P. 150.
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School
American Impressionism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4129
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 1/4 X 27 3/8 IN. (54.1 X 69.6 CM.)