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Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York, 1900
May Hollowell, Worcester, Massachusetts, c. 1900
Lucretia Mott Churchill, 1912 (by descent)
Frank S. Churchill, Bass River, Massachusetts
Mr. and Mrs. H. Donaldson Jordan, Worcester, Massachusetts
Estate of Lucretia Jordan, Worcester, Massachusetts
Adams, Davidson Galleries, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1979
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
Exhibition HistoryPublished References
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
(American, 1858–1924)
The Grand Canal, Venice
c. 1898–99
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Image: 18 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (46.0 x 36.2 cm)
Frame: 27 3/4 x 24 in. (70.5 x 61.0 cm)
Frame: 27 3/4 x 24 in. (70.5 x 61.0 cm)
Credit LineTerra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number1999.123
SignedBottom center: Prendergast
ProvenanceThe artistMacbeth Gallery, New York, New York, 1900
May Hollowell, Worcester, Massachusetts, c. 1900
Lucretia Mott Churchill, 1912 (by descent)
Frank S. Churchill, Bass River, Massachusetts
Mr. and Mrs. H. Donaldson Jordan, Worcester, Massachusetts
Estate of Lucretia Jordan, Worcester, Massachusetts
Adams, Davidson Galleries, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1979
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
Exhibition History
First Annual New Gallery Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Boston Art Students' Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 21–December 16, 1900, no. 181.
Exhibition of Watercolors and Monotypes in Color by Maurice B. Prendergast, Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York, March 9–24, 1900.
Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, February 21–March 22, 1934. [exh. cat.]
Recent Acquisitions of Important 19th Century American Art, Adams, Davidson Galleries, Inc., Washington, D.C., September–October 1979.
American Impressionism, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (organizer). Venues: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, January 3–March 2, 1980; The Frederick S. Wight Gallery, University of Los Angeles California, Los Angeles, California, March 9–May 4, 1980; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, May 16–June 22, 1980; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1–August 31, 1980. [exh. cat.]
Five American Masters of Watercolor, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, May 5–July 12, 1981. [exh. cat.]
Americans in Venice, 1879–1913, Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York (organizer). Venues: Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York, October 19–November 16, 1983; The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts, November 23–December 18, 1983. [exh. cat.]
Venice: The American View, 1960–1920, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California (organizer). Venues: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, October 20, 1984–January 20, 1985; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, February 27–April 21, 1985. [exh. cat.]
Masterworks in American Art from the Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, April 27–September 12, 1985.
The Remembered Image: Prendergast Watercolors 1896–1906, Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York, October 23–December 6, 1986.
A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, April 21–June 21, 1987. [exh. cat.]
Painters of A New Century: The Eight, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (organizer). Venues: Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 6–November 3, 1991; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, December 7, 1991–February 16, 1992. [exh. cat.]
The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760–1914, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (organizer). Venues: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, September 16–December 13, 1992; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, February 3, 1993–April 11, 1993; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 16–August 8, 1993. [exh. cat.]
Collection Cameo, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 1993.
Rivières et rivages: les artistes américains, 1850–1900 (Waves and Waterways: American Perspectives, 1850–1900), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–October 31, 2000. [exh. cat.]
Prendergast in Italy, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, July 18–September 20, 2009; The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy, October 9, 2009–January 3, 2010; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, February 14–May 9, 2010. [exh. cat.]
Exhibition of Watercolors and Monotypes in Color by Maurice B. Prendergast, Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York, March 9–24, 1900.
Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, February 21–March 22, 1934. [exh. cat.]
Recent Acquisitions of Important 19th Century American Art, Adams, Davidson Galleries, Inc., Washington, D.C., September–October 1979.
American Impressionism, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (organizer). Venues: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, January 3–March 2, 1980; The Frederick S. Wight Gallery, University of Los Angeles California, Los Angeles, California, March 9–May 4, 1980; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, May 16–June 22, 1980; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1–August 31, 1980. [exh. cat.]
Five American Masters of Watercolor, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, May 5–July 12, 1981. [exh. cat.]
Americans in Venice, 1879–1913, Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York (organizer). Venues: Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York, October 19–November 16, 1983; The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts, November 23–December 18, 1983. [exh. cat.]
Venice: The American View, 1960–1920, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California (organizer). Venues: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, October 20, 1984–January 20, 1985; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, February 27–April 21, 1985. [exh. cat.]
Masterworks in American Art from the Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, April 27–September 12, 1985.
The Remembered Image: Prendergast Watercolors 1896–1906, Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York, October 23–December 6, 1986.
A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, April 21–June 21, 1987. [exh. cat.]
Painters of A New Century: The Eight, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (organizer). Venues: Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 6–November 3, 1991; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, December 7, 1991–February 16, 1992. [exh. cat.]
The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760–1914, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (organizer). Venues: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, September 16–December 13, 1992; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, February 3, 1993–April 11, 1993; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 16–August 8, 1993. [exh. cat.]
Collection Cameo, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 1993.
Rivières et rivages: les artistes américains, 1850–1900 (Waves and Waterways: American Perspectives, 1850–1900), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–October 31, 2000. [exh. cat.]
Prendergast in Italy, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, July 18–September 20, 2009; The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy, October 9, 2009–January 3, 2010; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, February 14–May 9, 2010. [exh. cat.]
The Magazine Antiques 116:4 (October 1979): 731 (color).
Gerdts, William H. American Impressionism. (exh. cat., Henry Art Gallery). Seattle, Washington: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 1980. Text p. 137; ill. p. 118 (color).
Five American Masters of Watercolor. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Evanston, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1981. Ill. cover (color).
Seldin, Donna. Americans in Venice 1879–1913. (exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc.). New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., 1983. Ill. no. 52, p. 70 (color).
Langdale, Cecily. Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text p. 41; fig. 12, p. 29 (black & white).
Lovell, Margaretta M. Venice: The American View, 1860–1920. (exh. cat., The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco). San Francisco, California: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1984. Text p. 89; ill. no. 46, p. 89 (black & white).
Seldin, Donna. The Remembered Image: Prendergast Watercolors 1896–1906. (exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc.). New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., 1986. Text pp. 10–11; fig. 15 (color).
Atkinson, D. Scott et al. A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art. Edited by Terry A. Neff. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1987. Pl. T-112, p. 221 (color).
Lovell, Margaretta. A Visitable Past, Views of Venice by American Artists. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Text pp. 88–90; pl. 12 (color), ill. cover jacket (color).
Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné. Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 707, p. 384; pl. 22, p. 129 (color), ill. no. 707, p. 384 (black & white).
Milroy, Elizabeth. Painters of a New Century: The Eight. (exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1991. Text p. 126; ill. no. 7, p. 125 (color).
Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 93; fig. 89, p. 93 (black & white).
Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 93; fig. 89, p. 93 (black & white).
Stebbins, Theodore E. Jr. et al. The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760–1914. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Boston, Massachusetts and New York: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1992. Text p. 428, 430; ill. no. 127, p. 429 (color).
The Grand Canal, Venice, Maurice Brazil Prendergast. Collection Cameo sheet, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 1993. Ill. (black & white).
Reed, Sue Welsh and Carol Troyen. Awash in Color: Homer, Sargent, and the Great American Watercolor. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Text p. liv; fig. 15, p. liv (black & white).
Wattenmaker, Richard J. Maurice Prendergast. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994. Text p. 48; pl. 32, p. 50 (color).
Garver, Walter. "Meet the Masters." Watercolor Magic 6:4 (Autumn 1998): 14–16, 18. Ill. p. 18 (color).
Gerdts, William H. American Impressionism. Second edition. New York: Abbeville Press, 2001. Pl. 13, p. 23 (color).
Kennedy, Elizabeth et al. The Eight and American Modernisms. (exh. cat., New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT and Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2009. Text p. 110; Ill. p. 111 (color).
Mathews, Nancy Mowll with Elizabeth Kennedy. Prendergast in Italy. (exh. cat. also translated into Italian as Prendergast in Italia; all pages are identical) London: Merrell in association with Williams College Museum of Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art, 2009. Text p. 60, 174 (checklist); fig. 67, p. 59 (color).
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes 1898-1913, Complete Paintings, Volume VI. New Haven, Connecticut and London, Great Britain: Yale University Press, 2009. Text p. 30; fig. 16, p. 30 (color).
Mathews, Nancy Mowll.Maurice Prendergast in Italy." American Art Review (February 2010): 84–89. Ill., p. 86 (color).
Gerdts, William H. American Impressionism. (exh. cat., Henry Art Gallery). Seattle, Washington: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 1980. Text p. 137; ill. p. 118 (color).
Five American Masters of Watercolor. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Evanston, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1981. Ill. cover (color).
Seldin, Donna. Americans in Venice 1879–1913. (exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc.). New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., 1983. Ill. no. 52, p. 70 (color).
Langdale, Cecily. Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text p. 41; fig. 12, p. 29 (black & white).
Lovell, Margaretta M. Venice: The American View, 1860–1920. (exh. cat., The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco). San Francisco, California: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1984. Text p. 89; ill. no. 46, p. 89 (black & white).
Seldin, Donna. The Remembered Image: Prendergast Watercolors 1896–1906. (exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc.). New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., 1986. Text pp. 10–11; fig. 15 (color).
Atkinson, D. Scott et al. A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art. Edited by Terry A. Neff. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1987. Pl. T-112, p. 221 (color).
Lovell, Margaretta. A Visitable Past, Views of Venice by American Artists. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Text pp. 88–90; pl. 12 (color), ill. cover jacket (color).
Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné. Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 707, p. 384; pl. 22, p. 129 (color), ill. no. 707, p. 384 (black & white).
Milroy, Elizabeth. Painters of a New Century: The Eight. (exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1991. Text p. 126; ill. no. 7, p. 125 (color).
Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 93; fig. 89, p. 93 (black & white).
Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 93; fig. 89, p. 93 (black & white).
Stebbins, Theodore E. Jr. et al. The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760–1914. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Boston, Massachusetts and New York: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1992. Text p. 428, 430; ill. no. 127, p. 429 (color).
The Grand Canal, Venice, Maurice Brazil Prendergast. Collection Cameo sheet, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 1993. Ill. (black & white).
Reed, Sue Welsh and Carol Troyen. Awash in Color: Homer, Sargent, and the Great American Watercolor. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Text p. liv; fig. 15, p. liv (black & white).
Wattenmaker, Richard J. Maurice Prendergast. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994. Text p. 48; pl. 32, p. 50 (color).
Garver, Walter. "Meet the Masters." Watercolor Magic 6:4 (Autumn 1998): 14–16, 18. Ill. p. 18 (color).
Gerdts, William H. American Impressionism. Second edition. New York: Abbeville Press, 2001. Pl. 13, p. 23 (color).
Kennedy, Elizabeth et al. The Eight and American Modernisms. (exh. cat., New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT and Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2009. Text p. 110; Ill. p. 111 (color).
Mathews, Nancy Mowll with Elizabeth Kennedy. Prendergast in Italy. (exh. cat. also translated into Italian as Prendergast in Italia; all pages are identical) London: Merrell in association with Williams College Museum of Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art, 2009. Text p. 60, 174 (checklist); fig. 67, p. 59 (color).
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes 1898-1913, Complete Paintings, Volume VI. New Haven, Connecticut and London, Great Britain: Yale University Press, 2009. Text p. 30; fig. 16, p. 30 (color).
Mathews, Nancy Mowll.Maurice Prendergast in Italy." American Art Review (February 2010): 84–89. Ill., p. 86 (color).