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Umbrellas in the Rain

Umbrellas in the Rain

(American (born in Canada), 1858–1924)
1899
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite pencil on paper; verso: pencil and watercolor sketch for arcade and lamp post.
DimensionsSheet: 35.4 x 53 cm (13 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Framed: 61 x 78.4 cm (24 x 30 7/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession number59.57
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned and dated lower left: Prendergast (in black ink) / Maurice B. Prendergast Venice / 1899 (in purple ink) l.l. in graphite (under second signature): "Prendergast". Verso: Untitled Venetian scene, 1898-99, watercolor and graphite.
ProvenanceComtesse de Bellele; to Wildenstein (New York); Victor D. Spark (1898-1991, New York); 1959, from whom purchased by MFA. (Accession date: February 12, 1959)