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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. <i>The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast</i>. (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).<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art</i>. (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)<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. 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).<br><br> Moser, Joann. <i>Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America</i>. (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.
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. <i>The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text pp. 11, 12; ill. no. 2, p. 36 (black & white).<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text p. 48.<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. 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).
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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.
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1992.112
Text Entries: Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text pp. 31, 80; ill. no. 17, p. 81 (color).<br><br> Richard, Paul. "Sweetness and Night: Maurice Prendergast at the National Gallery." <i>Washington Post</i> (January 25, 1985): C: 1, 6. Text p. C.<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. Munich, Germany, and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 1654, p. 599; ill. no. 1654, p. 599 (black & white).
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1992.120
Text Entries: Rhys, Hedley Howell. <i>Maurice Prendergast: The Sources and Development of His Style</i>. PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 1952. Text p. 192 (as <i>Girl at Ship's Rail</i>).<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. Munich, Germany, and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 1586, p. 580; ill. no. 1586, p. 580 (black & white), pl. 5, p. 112 (color).<br><br> Mathews, Nancy Mowll. <i>Maurice Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., Williams College Museum of Art). Munich, Germany, and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. Text pp. 42, 189 (checklist); pl. 111, p. 156 (color).
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1992.75
Text Entries: Davis & Long Company. <i>American Painting</i>. (exh. cat, Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1976. Pl. 23 (black and white).<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art.</i> (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text pp. 25, 28, 30, 31, 38, 82; ill. no. 18, p. 83 (color).<br><br> Stevens, Elisabeth. "Monotypes Have Lyricism." <i>Baltimore Sun</i> (March 8, 1985): B, 1, 4. Text p. 4B.<br><br> Atkinson, D. Scott et al. <i>A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art.</i> Edited by Terry A. Neff. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1987. Pl. T-104, p. 213 (color).<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné.</i> Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 1653, p. 599; ill. no. 1653, p. 599 (black & white).
Dress Rehearsal
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1992.80
Text Entries: Rhys, Hedley Howell. <i>Maurice Prendergast, 1859–1924</i>. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Harvard University Press, 1960. Cat. no. 134, p. 105 (checklist); ill. no. 134, p. 153 (black & white).<br><br> <i>Art in America</i> 57:5 (September–October 1969): 16F. Ill. p. 16F (black & white).<br><br> <i>Art in America</i> 57:6 (November–December, 1969): 22. Ill. p. 22 (black & white).<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Text p. 8; ill. no. 43, p. 75 (black & white). <br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text pp. 25, 26, 31, 88; ill. no. 21, p. 89 (color).<br><br> Stevens, Elisabeth. "Monotypes Have Lyricism." <i>Baltimore Sun</i> (March 8, 1985): B, 1, 4. Text p. 4B; ill. p. 1B.<br><br> Heimann, Nora M. "Singular Impressions." <i>Arts [The Magazine for Members of The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts]</i> 9:12 (December 1986): 20–23. Text p. 22. <br><br> Sozanski, Edward. "Delicate Images in Monotypes by Prendergast." <i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i> (December 10, 1987): C:7. Text p. 7.<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 1601, pp. 584–85; ill. no. 1601, p. 584 (black & white).
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1992.95
Text Entries: Rhys, Hedley Howell. <i>Maurice Prendergast, 1859–1924</i>. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Harvard University Press, 1960. Text p. 106 (checklist); ill. no. 139, p. 154 (black & white).<br><br> "Art Across North America." <i>Apollo</i> 110 (June 1979): 480–81. Fig. 2, p. 480 (black & white).<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1979. Ill. no. 37, p. 71 (black & white).<br><br> Kiehl, David W. "Monotypes in America in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries." In <i>The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century</i>. (exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. Text p. 164; ill. no. 57.<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text pp. 26, 35, 84, 150; ill. no. 151 (color).<br><br> Kastor, Elizabeth. "Collected Memories: At the Dinner for Terra, Monotypes with Meaning." <i>Washington Post</i> (January 25, 1985): C: 1, 3. Text pp. C1, C3.<br><br> "Experimentation with Modernism: Museum Exhibit to Display 55 Prendergast Monotypes." [North Adams] <i>Transcript</i> (September 13, 1985): 6. Text p. 6. <br><br> Mathews, Nancy Mowll. <i>Maurice Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., Williams College Museum of Art). Munich, Germany, and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. Text p. 42; fig. 41 (black & white).<br><br> Gerdts, William H. et al. <i>Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915</i>. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 95; fig. 91, p. 95 (black & white).<br><br> Gerdts, William H. et al. <i>Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915</i>. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 95; fig. 91, p. 95 (black & white).<br><br> Reymond, Nathalie. <i>Un regard américain sur Paris</i> (<i>An American Glance at Paris</i>). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1997. Text p. 84; ill. p. 82 (color).<br><br> Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. <i>The People Work: American Perspectives, 1840–1940</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2003. Text pp. 24, 29 (checklist); ill. p. 42 (color).<br><br> Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. <i>Le Travail à l'oeuvre: les artistes américains, 1840–1940</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2003. Text pp. 24, 29 (checklist); ill. p. 42 (color).
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1999.112
Text Entries: Kirshner, Judith Russi. "The Terra Collection." <i>United: The Magazine of the Friendly Skies</i> (December 1982): 52–59. Ill. p. 57 (color).<br><br> "Art Club Exhibition Opened." <i>Boston Evening Transcript</i> (January 22, 1898): 4. Text p. 4<br><br> Sawyer, Charles H. "The Prendergasts." <i>Parnassus</i> 10:5 (October 1938): 9-11. Ill. p. 11.<br><br> Brooks, Van Wyck. "Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast." in <i>The Prendergasts: Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Maurice and Charles Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy). Andover, Massachusetts: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, 1938. Text p. 21 (checklist); ill. no. 65. <br><br> <i>Half a Century of American Art</i>. (exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago). Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1939. Text p. 38 (checklist); pl. V, no. 130.<br><br> "Prendergast." <i>Art Digest</i> 14 (April 1, 1940): 9. Text p. 9.<br><br> Devree, Howard. "A Reviewer's Notebook." <i>New York Times</i> (March 24, 1940): X10. Text p. X10. <br><br> Lane, J. W. "Maurice Prendergast: An American Reviewed." <i>Art News</i> 38 (March 30, 1940): 15. Text p. 15.<br><br> Rhys, Hedley Howell. <i>Maurice Prendergast: The Sources and Development of His Style</i>. PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 1952. Text pp. 57, 110; ill. no. 6.<br><br> Adlow, Dorothy. "Boston Launches Prendergast Observances: Museum Celebrates Artist's Centennial." <i>Christian Science Monitor</i> (November 7, 1960): 7. Ill. p. 7. <br><br> Rhys, Hedley Howell. <i>Maurice Prendergast, 1859–1924</i>. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Harvard University Press, 1960. No. 8, p. 68 (checklist); ill. no. 8, p. 112 (black & white).<br><br> <i>Charles Condor, Robert Henri, James Morrice, Maurice Prendergast: The Formative Years, Paris 1890s</i>. (exh. cat., Davis & Long Company). New York: Davis & Long Company, 1975. Ill. no. 37 (black & white). <br><br> Langdale, Cecily. "Maurice Prendergast, An American Post-Impressionist." <i>The Connoisseur</i> 202:814 (December 1979): 248–53. Text p. 252.<br><br> Glavin, Ellen M. "Maurice Prendergast: The Boston Experience." <i>Art and Antiques</i> (July–August 1982): 64–71. Text p. 68; ill. p. 69.<br><br> Kirshner, Judith Russi. "The Terra Collection." <i>United: The Magazine of the Friendly Skies</i> (December 1982): 57. Ill. p. 57. <br><br> Hemphill, Christopher. "Daniel Terra and His Museum." <i>Arts and Antiques</i> 7 (February 1984): 193–206. Text p. 195.<br><br> Langdale, Cecily. <i>Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Text pp. 12, 13, 15, 41; fig. 5, p. 16 (black & white).<br><br> Nochlin, Linda. <i>Woman</i>. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Evanston, Illinois: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Ill. no. 45, p. 37 (color).<br><br> Atkinson, D. Scott et al. <i>A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art</i>. Edited by Terry A. Neff. (exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1987. Pl. T-105, p. 214 (color).<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 21, p. 216; ill. no. 21, p. 216 (black & white), pl. 7, p. 114 (color).<br><br> Southgate, M. Therese. "The Cover." <i>The Journal of the American Medical Association</i> 265 (June 26, 1991): 3213. Text p. 3213; ill. cover (color). <br><br> Southgate, M. Therese. <i>The Art of JAMA III: Covers and Essays from the Journal of the American Medical Association</i>. Chicago, Illinois: American Medical Association, 2011. Text p. 46; ill. opposite p. 46 (color).
Franklin Park, Boston
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1895
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1999.113
Text Entries: Pepper, Charles Hovey. "Is Drawing to Disappear in Artistic Individuality?" <i>The World To-Day</i> 19 (July 1910): 716–19. Text p. 719.<br><br>Rhys, Hedley Howell. <i>Maurice Prendergast, 1859–1924</i>. (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts). Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Harvard University Press, 1960. Text no. 56, p. 80 (checklist); ill. no. 56, p. 141 (black & white).<br><br><i>Paintings and Water Colors by Maurice Prendergast</i>. (exh. cat., The Knoedler Galleries). New York: The Knoedler Galleries, 1966. Ill. no. 4 (black & white).<br><br>Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 614, p. 356; ill. no. 614, p. 356 (black & white).<br><br>Piccoli, Valéria, Fernanda Pitta, and Taylor Poulin. <i>Pelas ruas: vida moderna e experiências urbanas na arte dos Estados Unidos, 1893-1976</i>. (exh. cat., Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and Terra Foundation for American Art). São Paulo, Brazil: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 2022. Pl. p. 37 (color).<br><br> 
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: c. 1899
Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number: 1992.83
Text Entries: On a Venetian canal, two elegant women contemplate a wooden bridge that arches over a few small boats. We can imagine people crossing it in the glittering light. The title of the work, Festa del Redentore, refers to one of the most festive celebrations in Venice. Each year, in late July, the city celebrates the end of the epidemic of plague in 1576. It is most likely that during a trip through France and Italy in 1899, Maurice Prendergast stopped in Venice and attended this event. He brought back sketches of it that would inspire a number of works. Self-taught until the age of 32, Prendergast then attended classes at the Colarossi and Julian Academies in Paris, where he was recognized as a skilled artist. The influence of Japanese prints, very popular at the time among the artists Prendergast admired, such as Whistler and the "Nabis," is reflected throughout this work: in the mannered elegance of the women's silhouettes, but also in the simplification of his palette and the use of certain methods of composition. The introduction of the pole gives the work a certain amount of depth. It connects the strong horizontals of the balcony in the foreground with the lines of the bridge in the background and thus constructs a three-dimensional space without resorting to traditional perspective.
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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." <i>Arts</i> 30:9 (June 1956): 46–47. Text p. 46.<br><br> Christie's, New York, New York (Sale 3367, May 13, 1986): lot 260. Ill. lot 260, p. 85 (black & white).<br><br> Wrey, Mark, ed. <i>Christie's Review of the Season</i>. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Ill. no. 188.<br><br> Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. <i>Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné</i>. 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).<br><br> Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. <i>An American Point of View: The Daniel J. Terra Collection</i>. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text pp. 138, 203; ill. pp. 139 (color), 203 (black & white).<br><br> Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. <i>Un regard transatlantique. La collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra</i>. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text pp. 138, 203; ill. pp. 139 (color), 203 (black & white).<br><br> Vanessa Lecomte, editor. <i>Portrait of a Lady : peinture et photographies américains </i> (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.