Lot 111: CHARLES PRENDERGAST

CHARLES PRENDERGAST
(american 1863-1948)
"IN PARADISE"
A beveled glass mirror flanked by two lateral panels, each reverse painted with tempera and applied gold leaf, the left panel signed with initials 'CP' bottom left, the right, signed twice with initials 'CP' bottom left and center
Lateral panels 13 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (34.6 x 14.6cm)
Overall size, including stained hardwood frame 15 3/4 x 28 1/8 in. (40 x 71.4cm)
provenance:
Gift from the artist to Hannah O'Brien who nursed the artist's brother, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, at his Greenwich Village home in New York.
By family descent to John and Olga O'Brien.
By family descent to the present owner.
Private Collection, Idaho.
note:
According to Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews, this work dates from circa 1920 and relates to works such as "Decorated Mirror With Two Figures" circa 1915-17 (catalogue raisonne no. 2231), "Decoration on Glass" circa 1915-17 (catalogue raisonne no. 2233) and "Fairy Story" circa 1920, reworked in 1946 (catalogue raisonne no. 2277). The latter piece, which features similar motifs was a gift to the artist's friend, William Glackens.

We wish to thank Nancy Mowll Mathews, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.