Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
Charles Prendergast
Indians and Deer in a Wood
Auction Closed
April 20, 07:56 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Charles Prendergast
1863 - 1948
Indians and Deer in a Wood
signed CP (lower right)
oil and gold leaf on incised gessoed panel
15½ x 29¼ in. (39 x 74.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1914-16.
Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, New York (niece of the above, acquired by descent)
Private Collection, New York (by descent from the above)
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York (acquired in 1985)
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York (acquired in 1985)
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York (acquired in 1986)
Davis & Langdale, New York (acquired in 1986)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0821 (acquired from the above on January 21, 1986)
Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Special Summer Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Modern French and American Painters, 1926, no. 3
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Twentieth Century Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1986, no. 15, illustrated
Charles Prendergast's panels draw inspiration from folk art, Art Nouveau style, Japanese woodblock prints and Medieval illuminated manuscripts. His use of color, pattern, incised lines and gold leaf creates depth and texture that render the flat work nearly sculptural. This is emphasized further by the original, three-dimensional artist's frame.