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Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 061: Church Spire with Sky

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.x
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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 vertically oriented graphite sketch depicts a simplified spire centered in the upper half of a cream-colored page. Tapering upward, the structure is rendered with sparse, energetic lines. Above, loose undulating strokes stretch horizontally, suggesting a distant landscape or clouds. The lower portion of the composition remains blank, emphasizing the sketch's placement. A small numeral "61" is inscribed in the upper right corner.

Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 061: Church Spire with Sky

1905–10

Maurice Prendergast

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

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