American Art
American Art
The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Low Tide (Figures on Rocks)
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
1858 - 1924
Low Tide (Figures on Rocks)
signed Prendergast (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
sheet: 20 ½ by 13 ½ inches (52.1 by 34.3 cm)
framed: 30 ¼ by 22 ¾ inches (76.8 by 57.8 cm)
Executed in 1901.
The artist
Charles Prendergast, 1924 (his brother, by descent)
Mrs. Eugenie Prendergast, 1948 (his wife, by descent)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1966
Brooke Astor, New York
Estate of the above (sold: Sotheby’s, New York, September 25, 2012, lot 492)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Charles Prendergast, 1924 (his brother, by descent)
Mrs. Eugenie Prendergast, 1948 (his wife, by descent)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1966
Brooke Astor, New York
Estate of the above (sold: Sotheby’s, New York, September 25, 2012, lot 492)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Carol Clark, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Rasionné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 852, p. 426, illustrated
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Paintings and Watercolors by Maurice Prendergast: A Loan Exhibition, 1966, no. 21, illustrated