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Maurice Prendergast — Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 110 & 111: Figures in a Landscape

Maurice Prendergast

Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 110 & 111: Figures in a Landscape

1919

This work by Maurice Prendergast demonstrates his characteristic approach to capturing leisure scenes through a combination of graphite and watercolor on paper. The composition depicts figures distributed across a landscape, rendered in the artist's distinctive style that emphasizes decorative patterning and vibrant color relationships. As a sketchbook page from his Dells series, it reveals Prendergast's working method and his ongoing interest in spontaneous observation of people within natural settings.

Medium
graphite and watercolor

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Maurice Prendergast, Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 110 & 111: Figures in a Landscape , 1919

This work by Maurice Prendergast demonstrates his characteristic approach to capturing leisure scenes through a combination of graphite and watercolor on paper. The composition depicts figures distributed across a landscape, rendered in the artist's distinctive style that emphasizes decorative patterning and vibrant color relationships. As a sketchbook page from his Dells series, it reveals Prendergast's working method and his ongoing interest in spontaneous observation of people within natural settings.

Medium
graphite and watercolor
Year
1919
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Landscape With Figures, Nature and leisure, Early 20th Century, The Dells, American Artist, Post-Impressionism, Decorative Composition, Watercolor and Ink, Lyrical and whimsical, Sketchbook pages

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