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Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 180 & 181: Shore line

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.yyy
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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 two off-white sketchbook pages outlines a coastal landscape with loose, gestural lines. On the left, a distant landmass floats above scribbled foreground foliage. To the right, a small boat with two masts sits near a rocky shore defined by dark hatching and jagged strokes. A spindly, scribbled tree rises from the craggy coast. The composition uses energetic, dark marks to suggest rugged terrain against the blank, cream-colored paper.

Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 180 & 181: Shore line

1905–10

Maurice Prendergast

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

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