Sketchbook, page 132: Marine View with color notations

This graphite sketch from Maurice Prendergast's sketchbook captures a marine landscape with the artist's characteristic loose, gestural linework that conveys movement and atmospheric effect. The inclusion of color notations indicates Prendergast's working method of recording compositional ideas and chromatic observations in his sketchbooks for later development into finished works. The work exemplifies the artist's interest in capturing fleeting moments of natural light and water, key concerns of his Impressionist-influenced practice.