Oil on panel, c.1907, signed 'Prendergast' lower left. Catalogue raisonné number 97. 10 1/2 x 13 in., 17 x 21 in. (frame).Exhibited: Williams College Museum of Art, Maurice Prendergast, Oct. 6 - Dec. 16, 1990; Whitney Museum of American Art, June 1 - Sept 2, 1990; LACMA, Feb 24 - Apr 21, 1991; Phillips, May 18 - Aug 25, 1991.Note: Prendergast's Study St. Malo #11, from c. 1907, is a very fine example of the landscape panels he made in France during his 1907 sojourn with Canadian painter James Wilson Morrice. Known as pochades, these panels were painted sketches done en plein air in the manner of the Impressionists to capture the colors and the atmosphere of a setting. The influence of the Fauve painters can be seen in the bright colors and staccato brush work, creating design in the imagery that has geometric undertones while at the same time relying heavily on the landscape/seascape genre of the Impressionists. His work from this period was seen as very progressive and was criticized at the time for its strong use of color and abstraction.Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Mrs. Charles Prendergast.