Maurice Brazil Prendergast, (American, 1858 - 1924), Spring Flowers

signed Prendergast (lower left)

13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches.

Property from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions Provenance: The artist Charles Prendergast, 1924 (brother of the artist) Mrs. Charles Prendergast, 1948 (wife of Charles Prendergast) Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1983 Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1992 Exhibited: Paintings and Watercolors by Maurice Prendergast: A Loan Exhibition, Knoedler Galleries, New York, New York, November 1–26, 1966; A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, April 21–June 21, 1987; The Work of Charles and Maurice Prendergast, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, March 16–April 21, 1991; American Treasures: Chase, Whistler and the Prendergasts, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, April 26, 1996–January 5, 1997; The Decorative Form: The Aesthetic Movement, Arts & Crafts and the Asian Influence in American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, September 16–December 5, 1999. Literature: Sawyer, Charles H. Maurice B. Prendergast. in Paintings and Watercolors by Maurice Prendergast, New York: Knoedler Galleries, 1966 (illustrated). Atkinson, D. Scott et al. A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art. Edited by Terry A. Neff, Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1987. Pl. T-118, p. 227 (color). Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens. Maurice Brazil Prendergast; Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonne. Munich, Germany and Williamstown, Massachusetts: Prestel-Verlag and The President and Trustees of Williams College, 1990. No. 326, p. 277; ill. no. 326, p. 277 (black & white). Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915, Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 96; fig. 98, p. 97 (black & white). Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres americains en France, 1865–1915, Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 96; fig. 98, p. 97 (black & white).