Bathers in a Cove, Maine

Artist Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, b. Canada, 1858 - 1924)

Date1917

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 20 3/8 x 28 7/16 in. (51.8 x 72.2 cm)
Frame: 27 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (69.2 x 94.6 x 5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Eugenie Prendergast

Object number77.24

Collections

ClassificationsPainting

Object NamePainting

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

On view

Century

Twentieth

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Signedbottom left: Prendergast

Inscribedrecto bottom right: MBP; verso top center of backing board: "Bathers in a Cove, Maine", 1917. Maurice B. Prendergast 20 x 27 3/4

Exhibition HistoryInaugural installation: 20th Century American Galleries (113), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1 – present.ProvenanceEugenie Prendergast, wife of Charles Prendergast, sister-in-law of Maurice, unknown method and date of acquisition. Palmer Museum of Art, gift of Eugenie Prendergast, September 29, 1977.