Harvard Art Museums > 2017.81: Summer in Venice Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Summer in Venice (Maurice Brazil Prendergast) , 2017.81,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/148191. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2017.81 People Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American (St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada 1858 - 1924 New York, NY) Title Summer in Venice Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1898-1899 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/148191 Physical Descriptions Medium Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 49.5 × 35.9 cm (19 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.) frame: 71.8 × 56.4 × 2.2 cm (28 1/4 × 22 3/16 × 7/8 in.) mat: 66.7 × 50.8 cm (26 1/4 × 20 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.l.: Prendergast inscription: taped to backing, black ink, handwritten: "Summer in Venice" / Venetian Ladies / returning from the / Lido - late / in the afternoon / and embarking / in their gondolas / for their homes. / Maurice B. Prendergast / 1913 inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: The Provenance Recorded Ownership History Possibly purchased from the artist by Private Collector, by descent; to Private Collector, partial gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Tunie Hamlen Howe in memory of John Sherman Hamlen Accession Year 2017 Object Number 2017.81 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Carol Clark and Nancy Mowll Mathews, Maurice Brazil Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné, Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA, 1990), no. 710, repr. in b/w Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., American Watercolors and Pastels 1875-1950 at the Fogg Art Museum, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist, repr. (n.p.) Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), pp. 17, 83, repr. as pl. 14 on p. 83 Exhibition History American Watercolors and Pastels, 1875-1950, at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/2006 - 06/25/2006 American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
