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Afternoon Tea Party

Mary Cassatt

Date: 1890–91

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1994.13

Text Entries: Collection Cameo companion piece, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, February 1995. Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915 (Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–October 31, 1995. [exh. cat.] Regard sur Mary Cassatt (Mary Cassatt at a Glance), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 2–October 31, 1996. American Artists and the Paris Experience, 1880–1910, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 22, 1997–March 8, 1998. Collection Cameo, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, January 1999. Ville et campagne: les artistes américains, 1870–1920 (The City and the Country: American Perspectives, 1870–1920), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 15, 1999. [exh. cat.] The Decorative Form: The Aesthetic Movement, Arts & Crafts and the Asian Influence in American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, September 16–December 5, 1999. On Process: The American Print, Technique Examined, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, January 13–March 2, 2001. D'une colonie à une collection: le Musée d'Art Américain Giverny fête ses dix ans (From a Colony to a Collection: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, March 30–June 16, 2002. Mary Cassatt, graveur impressionniste (Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Printmaker), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 3, 2005. [exh. cat.] Portrait of a Lady : peintures et photographies américaines en France, 1870–1915 (Portrait of a Lady: American Paintings and Photographs in France, 1870–1915), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, Giverny, France and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (organizers). Venues: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, Giverny, France, April 1–July 14, 2008; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, September 25, 2008–January 5, 2009 (exhibited in Giverny). [exh. cat.] Vanessa Lecomte, editor. Portrait of a Lady : peinture et photographies américains (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny and Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2008. Text (checklist) p. 93.

Woman Bathing

Mary Cassatt

Date: 1890–91

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1996.87

Text Entries: Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. No. 148, p. 64; ill. frontispiece (color). Getlin, Frank. Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Prints. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980. Text p. 86; ill. p. 87 (color impression from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). Mathews, Nancy Mowll and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. No. 10, pp. 132–40. Christie's New York, New York (Sale 8392, April 29, 1996): lot 80. [specific reference to Terra print] Reymond, Nathalie. Un regard américain sur Paris (An American Glance at Paris). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1997. Text p. 28; ill. p. 26 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Barter, Judith A. Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman. (exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago). Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998. Text no. 61, p. 323; ill. no. 61, p. 283 (color impression in The Art Institute of Chicago, acc. no. 1932.1281). Mancoff, Debra N. Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives. London, England: Frances Lincoln, 1998. Text p. 26; ill. p. 27 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Adelson, Warren et al. Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Artist's Studio. (exh. cat., Adelson Galleries, Inc.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000. Text p. 90; ill. p. 91 (color). Cartwright, Derrick R. The Extraordinary and the Everyday: American Perspectives, 1820–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2001. Text p. 22 (checklist); ill. p. 45 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Cartwright, Derrick R. L'Héroïque et le quotidian: les artistes américains, 1820–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2001. Text p. 22 (checklist); ill. p. 45 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. An American Point of View: The Daniel J. Terra Collection. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text pp. 126, 192; ill. pp. 10 (color), 127 (color), 192 (black & white). [specific reference to Terra print] Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. Un regard transatlantique. La collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text pp. 126, 192; ill. pp. 10 (color), 127 (color), 192 (black & white). [specific reference to Terra print] Mary Cassatt: Impressions. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2005; Paris: Le Passage Paris–New York Éditions, 2005. Text p. 57 (checklist); ill. cover (color detail), p. 63 (color). Vanessa Lecomte, editor. Portrait of a Lady : peinture et photographies américains (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny and Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2008. Text (checklist) p. 93.

In the Omnibus

Mary Cassatt

Date: 1890–91

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1999.27

Text Entries: Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. No. 145, p. 63; ill. p. 142 (color). Getlin, Frank. Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Prints. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980. Text p. 80; ill. p. 81 (color impression from The National Gallery of Art). Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: Graphic Art. (exh. cat., Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Ill. no. 32 (color impression from the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute). 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-58, p. 167 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Mathews, Nancy Mowll and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. No. 7, pp. 115–20 (no. 7, p. 119–seventh state). 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. 251; pl. 74, p. 253 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] 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. 251; pl. 74, p. 253 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Regard sur cinq années d'expositions (Five years of Exhibitions at a Glance). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1997. Ill. p. 110 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Barter, Judith A. Mary Cassatt, Modern Woman. (exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago). Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998. No. 58; ill. p. 280 (impression in The Art Institute of Chicago, acc. no. 1932.1289). Mancoff, Debra N. Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives. New York: Stewart Tabori, 1998. Text p. 73; ill. p. 72 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Cartwright, Derrick R. The City and the Country: American Perspectives, 1870–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1999. Text p. 23 (checklist); ill. p. 28 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Cartwright, Derrick R. Ville et campagne: les artistes américains, 1870–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1999. Text p. 23 (checklist); ill. p. 28 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Adelson, Warren et al. Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Artist's Studio. (exh. cat., Adelson Galleries, Inc.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000. Text p. 82; ill. p. 83 (color). Cartwright, Derrick. "The City and Country: American Perspectives 1870–1920." American Art Review 7:1 (January-February 2000): 100-11. Ill. p. 106 (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Mancoff, Debra. In the Omnibus, Mary Cassatt. Collection Cameo sheet, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, March 2001. Ill. (color). [specific reference to Terra print] Mary Cassatt: Impressions. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2005; Paris: Le Passage Paris–New York Éditions, 2005. Text p. 57 (checklist); ill. p. 68 (color).

The Lamp

Mary Cassatt

Date: 1890–91

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1999.29

Text Entries: Mary Cassatt began her art training in Philadelphia at the age of sixteen, impatient with the academic emphasis on draftsmanship and eager to begin figure painting in oil. It was only after establishing herself in France as a portrait and genre painter, and exhibiting at Edgar Degas' invitation with the Impressionists, that Cassatt was inspired to develop an innovative, graphic and spare drawing style influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e prints pulled from wood blocks. Her famous series of ten color prints of 1890-1891, which included The Lamp, depict the enclosed and implicitly complete world of the upper class Parisian woman. Cassatt combined drypoint with aquatint techniques, used diluted printer's ink rather than paint, and employed the help of a professional printer; she explained that rather than duplicating Japanese printmaking methods, she had attempted to infuse a Japanese "atmosphere" into these works. Between 1892 and 1897, she designed nine more prints. Under the Horse Chestnut Tree typifies Cassatt's fascination with tender but unsentimental images of mothers and children; though she never married, she once declared that "There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother." Cassatt probably executed Summertime at her country home of Mesnil-Beaufresne, where she lived year-round after her mother's death in 1895. The composition of the painting, including facing female figures in a rowboat cut off at right and an absent upper horizon line, reappears in one of her prints; though her range of subjects was comparatively small, Cassatt often explored a single composition in multiple media. Her use of bright, pure color, expressive brushwork and an extreme vantage point (in this case, from above) to depict a scene of modern recreation reveal Cassatt's thorough understanding of the Impressionists' experiment.

Charles River Esplanade

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1999.108

Text Entries: Langdale, Cecily. The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text pp. 11, 12; ill. no. 2, p. 36 (black & white). 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. 48. 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. 1565, p. 574; ill. no. 1565, p. 574 (black & white).

Esplanade

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1999.109

Text Entries: Langdale, Cecily. The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text pp. 9, 11; ill. no. 1, p. 17 (color), p. 35 (black & white). 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 pp. 31, 48; ill. no. 1, p. 49 (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. 1564, p. 574; ill. no. 1564, p. 574 (black & white). Moser, Joann. Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America. (exh. cat., National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution). Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Museum of American Art by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Fig. 36.

Lady with Umbrella

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891–94

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1999.115

Text Entries: "Collection of Decorative Drawings Shown at Hart & Watson's." Boston Sunday Herald (December 19, 1897): 30. Text p. 30. The Magazine Antiques 65:4 (April 1979): 705. Ill. p. 705 (black & white). Langdale, Cecily. The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text p. 11; ill. no. 3, p. 37 (black & white). Master Print from Six Centuries: Catalog Number 10. New York: David Tunick, 1980. Ill. no. 68. 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 pp. 12, 28, 32, 52; ill. no. 3, p. 53 (color). Richard, Paul. "Sweetness and Night: Maurice Prendergast at the National Gallery." Washington Post (June 15, 1986): C: 1, 6. Text p. C6. [possibly] "Prendergast Monotypes to be at Whitney Museum." Antiques & the Arts Weekly (February 27, 1987): 13. Text p. 13 (probably Lady with Umbrella). Ross, John, Clare Romano, and Tim Ross. The Complete Printmaker. New York: Free Press, 1989. Ill. p. 248 (black & white). 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. 1572, p. 576; ill. no. 1572, p. 576 (black & white).

Green Dress

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891–94

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1999.114

Text Entries: Langdale, Cecily. The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text p. 12; ill. no. 7, p. 41 (black & white). 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 pp. 12, 28, 32, 56, 58; ill. no. 5, p. 57 (color). Heimann, Nora M. "Singular Impressions." Arts [The Magazine for Members of The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] 9:12 (December 1986): 20–23. Text p. 22. "Prendergast Monotypes to be at Whitney Museum." Antiques & the Arts Weekly (February 27, 1987): 13. Text p. 13. 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-99, p. 208 (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. 1574, pp. 576–77; ill. no. 1574, p. 576 (black & white). Lecomte, Vanessa, editor. Portrait of a Lady : peinture et photographies américains (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny and Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2008. Text (checklist) p. 94.

The Red Cape

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891–94

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1992.102

Text Entries: Breuning, Margaret. "Margaret Breuning Writes." Arts 30:9 (June 1956): 46–47. Text p. 46. Christie's, New York, New York (Sale 3367, May 13, 1986): lot 260. Ill. lot 260, p. 85 (black & white). Wrey, Mark, ed. Christie's Review of the Season. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Ill. no. 188. 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. 1580, p. 578; ill. no. 1580, p. 578 (black & white). Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. An American Point of View: The Daniel J. Terra Collection. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text pp. 138, 203; ill. pp. 139 (color), 203 (black & white). Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. Un regard transatlantique. La collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text pp. 138, 203; ill. pp. 139 (color), 203 (black & white). Vanessa Lecomte, editor. Portrait of a Lady : peinture et photographies américains (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny and Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2008. Text (checklist) p. 94.

Lady with Handkerchief

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891–94

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1992.90

Text Entries: Langdale, Cecily. The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Ill. no. 6, p. 40 (black & white). 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 pp. 12, 25, 32, 37, 39, 54; ill. no. 4, p. 55 (color). Richard, Paul. "The Shadow of Duncan Phillips." Washington Post (January 25, 1985): C: 1, 6. Text p. C6. "Prendergast Monotypes to be at Whitney Museum." Antiques & the Arts Weekly (February 27, 1987): 13. Text p. 13. 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. 1571, p. 576; ill. no. 1571, p. 576 (black & white). Reymond, Nathalie. Un regard américain sur Paris (An American Glance at Paris). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1997. Ill. p. 80 (color).

Red Haired Lady with Hat

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1891–1894

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1992.103

Text Entries: Langdale, Cecily. The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text p. 11; ill. no. 8, p. 18 (color), p. 42 (black & white). 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 pp. 12, 27, 28, 32, 37, 58; ill. no. 6, p. 59 (color). Bonesteel, Michael. "Impressions of Past." Pioneer Press [Evanston, Illinois] (May 30, 1985). Ill. "Experimentation with Modernism: Museum Exhibit to Display 55 Prendergast Monotypes." [North Adams] Transcript (September 13, 1985): 6. Ill. p. 6. Spencer, Harold. "On Some Works by Maurice Prendergast." Bulletin [William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut] 13 (1985): 27. Text p. 27. "Williams College Show." Sunday Republican (September 22, 1985): F: 16. Ill. p. F16. Heimann, Nora M. "Singular Impressions." Arts [The Magazine for Members of The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] 9:12 (December 1986): 20–23. Text p. 22. "Prendergast Monotypes to be at Whitney Museum." Antiques & the Arts Weekly (February 27, 1987): 13. Text p. 13. Richard, Paul. "Sweetness and Night: Maurice Prendergast at the National Gallery." The Washington Post (January 25, 1988): C1, C6. Ill. p. C1. A Profile of the East Building: Ten Years at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.: Black Star Publishing Company, 1989. Ill. p. 153 (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. 1576, p. 577; ill. no. 1576, p. 577 (black & white). Reymond, Nathalie. Un regard américain sur Paris (An American Glance at Paris). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1997. Ill. p. 80 (color). Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. An American Point of View: The Daniel J. Terra Collection. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Ill. p. 138 (black & white). Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. Un regard transatlantique. La collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Ill. p. 138 (black & white). Vanessa Lecomte, editor. Portrait of a Lady : peinture et photographies américains (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny and Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2008. Text (checklist) p. 94.

Early Evening, Paris

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date: c. 1892

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1992.81

Text Entries: An elegant woman walks along a Parisian boulevard at night. In the distance, silhouettes suggest a crowd strolling about under the city lights. Their blurred outlines, the diffused light, and the simplicity of the pictorial means are characteristic of the technique employed by the artist: the monotype. Maurice Prendergast first experimented with this printmaking technique around 1891, at the beginning of his stay in Paris. He worked in this medium until 1902 producing more than 200 monotypes. To create his monotypes, the artist applied a thin layer of oil paint to a metal or glass plate, and then transferred the painted motif onto paper with manual pressure, using the back of a household spoon. The influence of the French artist group "the Nabis," and of Pierre Bonnard in particular, can be seen in the way Prendergast portrayed the feminine figure, and in the choice of a Parisian urban scene, as well as in the rhythmic and decorative role played by the yellow dots symbolizing the lamps. The artist's signature, engraved with the handle of a paintbrush in the lower right-hand corner, appears as a decorative monogram, doubtlessly inspired by Whistler. This illustrious elder also gave Prendergast a taste for nocturnal settings rendered through the predominance of a subtle color, in this case a blue-tinged black, interacting with brighter tones, which reveals the artist's skill as a colorist.