The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1859-1924)

Grande Marina, Capri

Price realised USD 1,212,500
Estimate
USD 600,000 – USD 800,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1859-1924)

Grande Marina, Capri

Price realised USD 1,212,500
Closed: 9 May 2018
Price realised USD 1,212,500
Closed: 9 May 2018
Details
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1859-1924)
Grande Marina, Capri
signed and dated '--1899--Prendergast--Capri--' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
11 x 15 3/8 in. (27.9 x 39.1 cm.)
Executed in 1899.
Provenance
[With]Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
[With]M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, 1953.
Mr. and Mrs. Lansing W. Thoms, St. Louis, Missouri, 1955.
[With]Washburn Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1976.
Literature
J. Barnitz, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, vol. II, New York, 1988, pp. 54-55, no. 19, illustrated.
C. Clark, N.M. Mathews, G. Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 402, no. 758, illustrated.
N.M. Mathews, E. Kennedy, Prendergast in Italy, London, 2009, pp. 69, 178, nos. 80, 758, illustrated.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Chase Gallery, April-May 1899.
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, An Exhibition of the Works of Hermann Dudley Murphy and the Works of Maurice B. Prendergast, January 3-28, 1900, no. 77.
New York, Macbeth Gallery, Exhibition of Water Colors and Monotypes in Color by Maurice B. Prendergast, March 9-24, 1900, no. 17.
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Art Club, 64th Exhibition: Watercolors, etc., April 6-27, 1901, no. 90.
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Museum of Art, Special Exhibition of Watercolors and Monotypes by Mr. Maurice Prendergast, November 1901, no. 22.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Museum Association, Mr. Maurice B. Prendergast: Exhibition of Watercolors and Monotypes. December 7, 1901-January 2, 1902, no. 22.
New York, Kraushaar Art Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors by Maurice Prendergast, October 30-November 17, 1930, no. 1.
Toronto, Canada, Toronto Art Gallery, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by Maurice Prendergast, October 1931, no. 35.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Americans Abroad, March 22-April 22, 1954, no. 31 (as On the Beach, Capri).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Paintings and Watercolors by Maurice Prendergast: A Loan Exhibition, November 1-26, 1966, no. 15, illustrated.
St. Louis, Missouri, City Art Museum, American Art in St. Louis, October 22-November 30, 1969.
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