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Sketchbook 74
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American (born in Canada), 1858–1924)
1911–12
Medium/Technique
Twenty-seven pages of graphite pencil sketches, mostly frame profiles with notes on his favorites; sketches made in Florence, Italy (?)
Dimensions
Closed book: 16.1 x 10.5 x .9 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast in honor of Perry T. Rathbone
Accession Number1972.1164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings – Sketchbooks
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Mathews, Owens 1499
DescriptionTwenty-seven graphite pencil sketches on twenty-three pages of a blank perforated notebook plus notes including the "Cowboy's Prayer." Includes drawings for frames.
Provenance1924, by descent from the artist to his brother, Charles Prendergast (b. 1863 - d. 1948), New York; 1948, by descent to his wife, Eugenie Prendergast, Westport, CT; 1972, year-end gift of Prendergast to the MFA. (Accession date: January 10, 1973)