Maurice Prendergast
Marblehead Rocks, Massachusetts

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Artist Maurice Prendergast (American, born Canada, 1858–1924)American, born Canada, 1858–1924

CultureAmerican

Titles

Marblehead Rocks, Massachusetts

Datec. 1905-1908

MediumWatercolor over black chalk on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 × 15 3/16 in. (27.9 × 38.6 cm)
Frame: 19 5/8 × 23 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (49.8 × 60 × 5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Collection

Object number2021.112

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, as of c. 1915-1920; the artist’s brother, painter Charles Prendergast (1863-1948), before 1946; [New York, Kraushaar Galleries, by 1946]; purchased by George May, 1946; Collection of George May, Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1946-c. 1965; Dr. Joseph M. Klein, by 1982; [Kennedy Galleries, New York], by 1982; purchased by Nancy Glanville, 1982; Collection of Nancy Glanville (1927-2020), Houston, Texas, 1982-2020 [1]; Estate of Nancy Glanville, 2020-2021; given to MFAH from the Glanville Estate, 2021

1 Mrs. Glanville, along with her husband James, were passionate about American art. She spent many years serving on the MFAH subcommittee of American Paintings & Sculpture and had a close relationship with the former curator of American Art at the MFAH, Emily Neff.

Exhibition History1913 Assn American Painters (#898); 1955 Wyoming Valley Artist League (#17); 1956 Wyoming Valley Art League (#11); 1957 Everhart Museum (#46, as The Coast, Marblehead Rocks, Massachusetts); 1963 Munson-Williams-Proctor (no #, p. 200, ill. p. 121); 1965 Monmouth Museum (#36A); 1976 U Maryland (#42, ill.); 1977a Davis & Long (#42); 1979 Wilkes College (#27, ill.)

New York, Macbeth Gallery, Exhibition of The Eight, exh. (1908).

New York, Armory of the 69th Regiment, International Exhibition of Modern Art, Association of American Painters and Sculptors, exh. (February 17-March 15, 1913). It was also exhibited at Copley Hall, Copley Society of Boston, April 28-May 18, 1913).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in lower right: Maurice B. Prendergast

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