Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Under the Trees (Number 2)

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Maurice Brazil Prendergast

1858 - 1924

Under the Trees (Number 2)

oil on canvas

19 by 24 in.

48.3 by 61 cm.

Executed circa 1918-23.

Charles Prendergast (acquired from the artist in 1924)
Mrs. Charles Prendergast (acquired by descent from the above in 1948)
Kraushaar Galleries, New York
New Gallery, New York
Cowie Gallery, New York
(possibly) Babcock Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul (acquired in 1955)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1971 by the present owner

Hedley Howell Rhys, "Maurice Prendergast: The Sources and Development of His Style," Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1952, p. 154

"The 'Eight' Who Made Revolution in U.S. Art," Life, vol. 9, 1958, pp. 42 and 45, illustrated

John I.H. Baur, Catalogue of the Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1974, p. 161

Hilton Kramer, "Art View: A Fitting Show for the Whitney's 50th," The New York Times, 1980, p. 25, illustrated

Carol Clark; Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown 1990, no. 479, p. 320, illustrated

The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition, 1926, no. 23
Boston, Harvard Society, Maurice Prendergast 1861-1924: A Memorial Exhibition, 1929, no. 4
Stamford Museum, Ashcan School, 1956
New York, American Federation of the Arts, 1972
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1972
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The 20th Century: Thirty Five American Artists, 1974
College Park, University of Maryland Art Gallery; Austin, University of Texas, University Art Museum; Des Moines Art Center; Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Ithaca, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Maurice Prendergast: The Art of Impulse and Color, 1976-77, no. 104, illustrated
New York, Davis & Long Co., Maurice Prendergast, 1977, no. 104
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Maurice B. Prendergast: A Concentration of Works from the Permanent Collection, 1980, p. 29, illustrated
Copenhagen, Rydhave, Art in Embassies: A Collection of Contemporary American Art from the American Ambassador's Residence, 1980
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Art in America from Hopper to Pollock, 2000-01
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hopper to Mid-Century: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, 2003