Docks, East Boston

1900/1904

Maurice Prendergast

Associated Names
Maurice Prendergast

Artist, American, 1858 - 1924

The image shows a harbor scene with ships and activity on the docks. The horizon line is in the upper third of the image, with a cityscape in the distance. Large sailing ships with tall masts and rigging dominate this section. The brushstrokes are loose and sketchy, conveying movement. The color palette includes blues, browns, and grays, with pops of red and yellow. Closest to us, there are horse-drawn carts and figures engaged in loading and unloading goods on the dock.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kraushaar Galleries, New York); The Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1927; (Kraushaar Galleries, New York), 1928; Arthur F. Egner, by 1934; (Kraushaar Galleries, New York), 1935; Winthrop Taylor, 1935; by inheritance, Jeremy Taylor; Peter H. Davidson, 1976; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1976; gift to NGA, 1992

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 264-265, color repro.

2003

  • Maurice Prendergast: Paintings of America, Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York, 2003, no. 28.

2013

  • Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 2013, unnumbered catalogue.

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. 417, no. 814.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: 264-65

2003

  • Maurice Prendergast, Paintings of America. Exh. cat. Adelson Galleries, New York: 2003, 83-84, no 28.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Prendergast

Wikidata ID

Q64608921

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