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Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 058 & 59: House and Fenced Garden

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.w
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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.
Graphite on horizontally oriented sketchbook pages outlines a house and garden with loose, gestural strokes. In the left half, quick, organic shapes form bushes beneath a house with chimneys and a vertical-slatted fence. To the right, a slender, spindly tree stands beside a rectangular building. Scribbled lines vary in thickness, leaving much of the cream-colored paper blank. A small number 59 is written in the upper right corner.

Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 058 & 59: House and Fenced Garden

1905–10

Maurice Prendergast

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

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