2103
Maurice Prendergast. "Sunday in the Park," oil
Estimate:
$100,000 - $150,000
Passed
Live Auction
Whitehall Estate, Fine Rugs, Decorative Arts, Paintings & Furniture
Category
Description
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). c. 1910-13, oil on panel, signed "Prendergast" lr, 11.6 x 16.1 in., framed.
Condition
Frame rubbing with corresponding inpaint along edges. Panel is warped. 9 inch horizontal repaired crack extending from lower left, 2 inches from the bottom edge; 2 1/2 inch repaired crack with fine horizontal line of inpaint at upper right. 1 inch fine vertical line of inpaint at upper left; 2 inch fine horizontal line of inpaint above signature at lower right. Four areas of fill/repair on reverse of panel with no corresponding inpaint on front.
Provenance
The artist; to Charles Prendergast, 1924; to Mrs. Charles Prendergast, Eugenie Prendergast, 1948; The Stopak Family Collection, Washington , D.C., 1950. Literature: Clark, Carol, Nancy Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. "Maurice Brazil Prendergast Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonne", Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 1990, p. 266, illus. no. 273.
