This graphite sketch by Maurice Prendergast depicts a dock scene from his time at The Dells, showcasing the artist's characteristic attention to figure groupings and leisure activities along a waterfront. The drawing demonstrates Prendergast's quick, gestural line work and his ability to capture the vitality of recreational spaces through economical notation of forms and movement. As part of his extensive sketchbook practice, this work served as a study for more finished compositions and reveals the artist's working method during the early twentieth century American modernist period.