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Charles Prendergast
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Charles Prendergast
- Callings of Saint Peter and Andrew (Miracle of the Fishes)
- incised with artist's initials CP (upper left)
- tempera, gold and silver leaf on incised gessoed panel
- 23 by 31 inches
- (58.4 by 78.7 cm)
- Painted circa 1914.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Charles Daniel, New York
Nelle E. Mullen, Pennsylvania (and sold by the estate: Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1967, lot 42)
Evelyn R. Tecosky (acquired at the above sale)
By descent to the present owners
Charles Daniel, New York
Nelle E. Mullen, Pennsylvania (and sold by the estate: Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1967, lot 42)
Evelyn R. Tecosky (acquired at the above sale)
By descent to the present owners
Exhibited
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, The Art of Charles Prendergast, October-November 1968, no. 3, pp. 25, 26, 30, 41, illustrated pl. 18
Literature
M.D.C. Crawford, "The Carved Gesso Panels of Charles E. Prendergast," Country Life in America, vol. 36, September 1919, pp. 47-49, illustrated
Michael Komanecky and Virginia Fabbri Butera, The Folding Image: Screens by Western Artists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984, no. 5, p. 193
Carol Clark, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 2217, p. 667, illustrated
Michael Komanecky and Virginia Fabbri Butera, The Folding Image: Screens by Western Artists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984, no. 5, p. 193
Carol Clark, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 2217, p. 667, illustrated
Condition
Please note the work retains the artist's original frame, which appears to be tacked to the panel.There is surface cracking throughout and scattered pindots of loss. Under UV: there are a few dots of inpainting in the blue pigment behind the figure's head at far left.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.