MAURICE BRAZIL PRENDERGAST (1859-1924)
Circus Band (Circus Band (Nouveau Cirque, Paris))
monotype in colors on tissue-thin wove paper
Image: 12¹⁄₄ x 8³⁄₄ in. (311 x 222 mm.)
Sheet: 14 x 9⁷⁄₈ in. (356 x 251 mm.)
Executed circa 1895.

Jan Streep;
Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1963;
Davis Galleries, New York, 1963;
Rita and Daniel Fraad, New York, 1963;
Sotheby's, New York, 29-30 October 2004, lot 25.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Clark, Mathews & Owens 1600

Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum; Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, American Painting: Selections from the Collection of Daniel and Rita Fraad, June-November 1964, no. 35.
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, William Cooper Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Maurice Prendergast: The Monotypes, May 1967, no. 56.
New York City, New York, Davis & Long Company, The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast, April 4-28, 1979, p. 75, no. 41, illustrated (p. 75).
Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, American Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings from the Collection of Rita and Daniel Fraad, May 24-July 14, 1985, no. 24.
New York City, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williams College Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Maurice Prendergast, June 1990-August 1991, no. 124.
New York City, New York, Ahi Gallery, Maurice Brazil Prendergast: Watercolors and Paintings, January 17-Feburary 18 1995, no. 17.
Washington, D.C., National Museum of American Art, Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America, April 4-August 3, 1997, p. 48, no. 91, fig. 39, illustrated (p. 48).
New York City, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seurat's Circus Slideshow, February 17-May 29, 2017.