Skipping Rope

1892/1895

Maurice Prendergast

Associated Names
Maurice Prendergast

Artist, American, 1858 - 1924

This is a painting of a group of young figures skipping rope. The scene shows several figures joyfully engaged in a game of jump rope. Two figures are turning the rope while a cluster of figures in the center are jumping. The figures are dressed in period clothing typical of the late 19th to early 20th century. The background features a muted, warm color palette with earthy tones suggesting a brick or cobblestone surface. The painting style emphasizes texture and movement, creating a lively atmosphere. The artwork is in the style of Mary Cassatt.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color monotype with graphite on thin wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 x 25.4 cm (5 x 10 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 x 34.2 cm (8 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.59.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Clark et al. 1990, no. 1609

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Miss Daphne Dunbar, as of 1960; (M. Knoedler and Co., New York); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Boston, no. 125, ilus.

Bibliography

1979

  • The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast, New York, 1979: 22.

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. 586, no. 1609.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate, with graphite additions: M.B.P.

Wikidata ID

Q75125262

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