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About the Artwork
A native of Boston, Prendergast made several excursions to France, where he became interested in the decorative color patterns of such French painters as Edouard Vuillard (1868–1940) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947).
Inscriptions
signed, lower center, in black ink: Prendergast / Prendergast ; lower center, in black ink: St. Malo [partially effaced by signature] ; lower left, in graphite: [P?] ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: No 7; upper left, in graphite: 150 - ; upper right, in graphite: 4 [circled] ; center, in graphite: On the Beach St. Malo
Exhibition history
The Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-February 15, 1926). America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985). American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924)
- Date
- c. 1907
- Medium
- watercolor with gouache over graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 34.9 x 50.5 cm (13 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of H. Oothout Milliken
- Accession no.
- 1949.543
More by Maurice Prendergast in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011374
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