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Chest
Charles James Prendergast (American (born in Canada), 1863–1948)
1926–27
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Gessoed, carved, painted and gilded pine
Dimensions
Overall: 50.8 x 132.1 x 49.5 cm (20 x 52 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number67.732
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
Inscriptions"C. PRENDERGAST" in white paint on lower left front corner
on bottom: "Made by Charles Prendergast 1926-27"
on lower left of back panel: "C. Prendergast 1927"
Titles to 3 panels incised into front on bottom edge, under the respective panel:
"ANNUNCIATION"
"SPRINGTIME"
"REVERIE"
on bottom: "Made by Charles Prendergast 1926-27"
on lower left of back panel: "C. Prendergast 1927"
Titles to 3 panels incised into front on bottom edge, under the respective panel:
"ANNUNCIATION"
"SPRINGTIME"
"REVERIE"
ProvenanceThe artist; 1929, to Mrs. Stanley Resor (Helen Bayless Lansdown Resor, 1886-1964, Greenwich, CT and Jackson Hole, Wyoming); 1966, sold at Parke-Bernet, New York, purchased by Mrs. Charles Prendergast; 1967, sold by Mrs. Prendergast to the MFA. (Accession date: June 28, 1967)