Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 072 & 73: Town View

Maurice Prendergast's graphite sketchbook drawing captures a leisurely view of Rockport's Granite Shore Hotel and surrounding townscape with the loose, gestural linework characteristic of his preparatory studies. The sketch demonstrates his interest in capturing the atmospheric qualities of a New England coastal setting through varied pencil strokes and compositional balance. This work exemplifies Prendergast's practice of using sketchbooks to explore spatial relationships and architectural forms before developing them into finished paintings or prints.