Maurice Prendergast
Lady (The Green Cape)

ArtistAmerican, born Canada, 1858–1924
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lady (The Green Cape)
Datec. 1891–1894
MediumMonotype and colored pencil on wove paper, laid down on board
DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (26 × 13.3 cm)
Sheet/Mount: 12 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (31.8 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2016.157
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist;
Charles Prendergast, by descent from the above, 1924;
Mrs. Charles Prendergast, 1941;
Helen Coolidge, gift from the above, 1941;
Private collection, by descent;
Sotheby's, New York, 30 April 2004, lot 27;
Private collection, acquired from the above;
[Christie's, New York, Sale 12162, "American Art Online-Only Auction," 14–23 March, 2016, Lot 30];
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Exhibition History"After Dark: Night at the Turn of the Century," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston,Jan. 8, 2022-Jan. 29, 2023 [Third Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed in watercolor, lower right: M/B/P
Recto: Initialed in watercolor, lower right: M/B/P
Catalogue raisonnéClark 1569

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