Two Nudes with Swan

Artist Maurice Prendergast American, born Newfoundland, 1858–1924

Datecirca 1910–1913

MediumOil on pressed wood, mounted on plywood panel

Dimensions22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Frame: 30 1/8 x 24 x 2 5/8 in. (76.5 x 61 x 6.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object numberG.80.16.2

On View

On view

ProvenanceProbably created Boston, ca. 1910–1913; collection of the artist; to brother, Charles Prendergast, Westport, CT, 1924; bequeathed to wife, Eugénie Van Kemmel (Mrs. Charles) Prendergast, Westport, 1948; given anonymously to NCMA, 1980.

Published ReferencesCarol Clark, Nancy Mowll Mathews and Gwendolyn Owens, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Charles Prendergast, A Catalogue Raisonné (Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, 1990), no. 355, illus. (b-w). Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 249.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.

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