PRENDERGAST, MAURICE — Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook

NY: George Braziller, 1987. 0807611840. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0807611840. Illustrated by Maurice Prendergast. Publisher's half white cloth over black leatherette boards. This lavish volume is a facsimile of the contents of a folio sketchbook created by Maurice Brazil Prendergrast between 1892 and 1897. The 44 sketches are primarily watercolors, with a few pencil and pen-and-ink drawings. The volume was published in conjunction with an exhibit which opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where the Lehman Prendergrast collection resides. Introduction by George Szabo. In original slipcase with pasted-on color reproduction of one of the prints. Both the volume and the original slipcase are in perfect, pristine condition; in the original shrink-wrap; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. A large and heavy book (six pounds) - additional shipping may apply. NEW/NEW (in slipcase).. Color and B&W Drawings. Folio 13" - 23" tall. xxii, 44 pp. New with No dust jacket as issued .