Hedley Rhys papers relating to Maurice Prendergast
name: label: Creator
content: Rhys, Hedley Howell
label: Names
content: Prendergast, Charles, 1863-1948
label: Names
content: Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by Jean O. Rhys, widow of Hedley Rhys.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rhys, Hedley Howell
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; Swarthmore, Pa. Prendergast was a painter, watercolorist and graphic artist, New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass., and the subject of Rhys' dissertation (1953) and book (1960).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rhyshedl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Rhys' resume; letters, 1975-1988, regarding attribution or sale of Maurice Prendergast art works; Rhys' unpublished manuscript on Prendergast, "The Legend," ca. 1960, and his dissertation "Maurice Prendergast: Sources and Development of His Style" (Harvard, 1953); and printed material on Maurice and Charles Prendergast, 1938-1989, including exhibition catalogs and announcments, clippings, a brochure, an invitation to a sale, and reproductions. Also included is a booklet, JAMES WILSON MORRICE (Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1947) by Donald W. Buchanan.