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Summary:
TOTAL: Eighty-four sketchbooks, a facsimile sketchbook, and 14 sketchbook pages by Maurice Brazil Prendergast; and 11 sketchbooks, by Charles E. Prendergast.
REEL 3583 (frames 1-272): Four v. by Maurice: "The Dells," "Rockport," "Italian," and "1905."
REEL 3583 (frames 276-747): 5 v. and 14 p. from a sketchbook by Maurice; and 6 v. by Charles.
REEL 3583 (frames 748-797): 1 v. by Maurice, "Portsmouth," containing 50 pencil sketches.
REEL 3583 (fr. 798-1128) and 3584 - 3588: 74 v. and one facsimile v. by Maurice; and 5 v. by Charles.
Citation:
Maurice Brazil and Charles Prendergast sketchbooks, [ca. 1887-1940]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3583-3588 available at Archives of American Art offices, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Williams College Museum of Art, and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Sketchbooks, reel 3583 (fr. 1-272): Originals in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Sketchbooks, reel 3583 (fr. 276-747): Originals in Williams College Museum of Art.
Sketchbook, reel 3583 (fr. 748-797): Original in the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Sketchbooks, reels 3583 (fr. 798-1128) and 3584 - 3588: Originals in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Dept. of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Maurice: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator, graphic artist; New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. His brother Charles was a sculptor, painter and writer.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
All items lent for microfilming 1985 by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Williams College, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Wadsworth Atheneum. They had been brought together for an exhibition at Williams College Museum of Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
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