Maurice B. Prendergast 1858-1924

The artist
Charles Prendergast (his brother), 1924
Mrs. Charles Prendergast (his wife), 1948
Margaret Conner, Norristown, Pennsylvania
Bequeathed to the present owner from the above

Carol Clark, Nancy Mowll Mathers, and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 580, p. 346, illustrated

In fairly good condition; slight fading/soiling to surface, although details and overall color contrast have been retained; a 1-1/2 in. tear (vertical) at lower left (an old piece of tape barely covers it on the reverse--under the mat); a hard vertical crease through the center of the entire sheet--suggests that it had been folded in half at one time (please note that the image on the reverse covers half of the sheet, vertically --the fold/crease is just outside it); sheet is hinged to mat with pieces of tape along the edges
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