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Maurice Prendergast — Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 124 & 125: Landscape with Houses

Maurice Prendergast

Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 124 & 125: Landscape with Houses

1919

This graphite sketchbook drawing by Maurice Prendergast captures a landscape scene featuring clustered houses rendered in his characteristic loose, gestural line work. The composition demonstrates the artist's interest in informal spatial arrangement and picturesque rural or village settings, typical of his prolific sketchbook practice. Executed with economical yet expressive draftsmanship, the work reveals Prendergast's process of visual note taking and his ongoing exploration of landscape subjects that would inform his finished paintings.

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graphite

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Maurice Prendergast, Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 124 & 125: Landscape with Houses, 1919

This graphite sketchbook drawing by Maurice Prendergast captures a landscape scene featuring clustered houses rendered in his characteristic loose, gestural line work. The composition demonstrates the artist's interest in informal spatial arrangement and picturesque rural or village settings, typical of his prolific sketchbook practice. Executed with economical yet expressive draftsmanship, the work reveals Prendergast's process of visual note taking and his ongoing exploration of landscape subjects that would inform his finished paintings.

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

Related themes

Watercolor, Serene, American, Early 20th Century, Landscape, Post-Impressionism, Modernism, Sketchbook, Rural, Architecture

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