Revere Beach

c. 1896

Maurice Prendergast

Associated Names
Maurice Prendergast

Artist, American, 1858 - 1924

The painting shows the view of a seashore. Groups of people are gathered on the rocky outcrop along the water's edge, some standing and some sitting. Many of the people seem to be wearing dresses and holding parasols. The brushstrokes are loose and fluid, and the people are depicted in loose sections of color, including white, pink, blue, gray, and brown. Distant sailboats can be seen on the horizon on the left. The sky is depicted with broad blue swathes and hints of off-white clouds, and the rocky shore is depicted in shades of brown and gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 × 35.5 cm (10 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.112

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Clark et al. 1990, no. 658

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Daphne Dunbar; (M. Knoedler and Co., New York), 1965; 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. 368, no. 658.

Inscriptions

lower right in red crayon: Prendergast; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 65033

Wikidata ID

Q64608896

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