Lot 141
  • 141

Charles Prendergast 1863-1948

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Prendergast
  • Bird
  • incised C. Prendergast under the base
  • incised and gessoed wood with paint and gilding

  • Height: 6 1/4 in. 15.9 cm.
  • Length: 6 in. 15.2 cm.

Provenance

Kraushaar Galleries, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, 1942

Exhibited

New York, Kraushaar Galleries, 1941

Literature

Carol Clark, Nancy Moell Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Prendergast, Charles Prendergast:  A Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 2421, p. 722

Condition

overall, in good condition; a few small nicks along edges of base (both top and bottom edges; a few scratches on the blue paint on the base and a few losses on bird's head, top of his wings and on side
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