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Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 032: Figures on a Boat

1905–10

Maurice Prendergast

(American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924)
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Culture
America
Medium
graphite
Measurements
Sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast 1951.424.k
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This sketchbook contains 72 pages of pencil drawings and 9 watercolors of Cape Ann. On the inside of the cover Prendergast wrote the address of the Granite Shore Hotel in Rockport, Massachusetts.
A horizontally oriented graphite drawing on off-white paper depicts a large boat in the lower foreground carrying several figures rendered in loose, gestural outlines. One person sits near a vertical mast on the far right, while others cluster towards the center. In the upper background, two simple houses with peaked roofs and another small vessel line a distant shoreline. Quick, varied strokes define forms against the empty, light paper.

Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 032: Figures on a Boat

1905–10

Maurice Prendergast

(American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924)
America

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