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Lot Description

Charles Prendergast

(American, 1858-1924)

Fantasy

watercolor and graphite on paper

inscribed CP per E.P. (lower center)

10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches.

The Collection of Philip and Judith Sieg, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

This watercolor is inscribed by Eugénie (Mrs. Charles) Prendergast, widow of the Artist. She sometimes did this for identification purposes.

Provenance:
Mrs. Charles Prendergast, widow of the Artist, until 1963
Davis Galleries, New York, 1963
Joan (Mrs. Edward) Patterson (later Roberts), until 1974-75
Davis & Long, New York
Private Collection, acquired from the above, 1975-2006
Davis & Langdale, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2006

Exhibited:
New York, Davis Galleries, Charles Prendergast, 1963, no. 19
New York, Davis & Long, American Paintings and Drawings, 1975

Literature:
Noel Frackman, "American Paintings and Drawings," Arts Magazine (March 1975), p. 9
Carol Clark, Nancy Mowll Mathews, and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast: a catalogue raisonné, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1990, no. 2438

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