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Maurice Prendergast — Sketchbook, page 073: Male Figure seen from the back

Maurice Prendergast

Sketchbook, page 073: Male Figure seen from the back

1905

This graphite sketch by Maurice Prendergast captures a male figure viewed from behind in a loose, gestural manner characteristic of the artist's drawing style. The work demonstrates Prendergast's interest in human form and movement, rendered with economical linework that suggests volume and posture without excessive detail. As a page from his sketchbook, it reflects the artist's ongoing practice of figure study and his approach to translating observed subjects into essential graphic marks.

Medium
graphite

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Maurice Prendergast, Sketchbook, page 073: Male Figure seen from the back , 1905

This graphite sketch by Maurice Prendergast captures a male figure viewed from behind in a loose, gestural manner characteristic of the artist's drawing style. The work demonstrates Prendergast's interest in human form and movement, rendered with economical linework that suggests volume and posture without excessive detail. As a page from his sketchbook, it reflects the artist's ongoing practice of figure study and his approach to translating observed subjects into essential graphic marks.

Medium
graphite
Year
1905
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Figure drawing from behind, Atmospheric and contemplative, Intimate sketchbook work, Early 20th Century, Academic Figure Study, American Artist, Male figure study, Post-Impressionism, Modernist Aesthetic, Watercolor and Ink

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