Figures on a Beach

1910/1915

Maurice Prendergast

Associated Names
Maurice Prendergast

Artist, American, 1858 - 1924

The image shows a group of people gathered by a body of water. The individuals are dressed in 19th-century attire, with one person holding a red parasol. Sailboats can be seen in the distance on the water. The scene has loose and fluid brushstrokes, predominantly in soft shades of blue and gray. The sky is filled with clouds depicted with horizontal strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36 × 50.6 cm (14 3/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.111

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Clark et al. 1990, no. 962

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Arthur B. Davies; (James Graham & Sons, New York); (M. Knoedler and Co., New York), 1964; Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1966, gift to NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

Bibliography

1990

  • Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews, and Gwendolyn Owens. Maurice Brazil Prendergast and Charles Prendergast: A Catalogue Raisonné. Williamstown, Massachusetts: Williams College Museum of Art, 1990, p. 450 no. 962.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Prendergast; lower right illegible inscription to Arthur B. Davies; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: WCA.3438

Wikidata ID

Q64608893

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