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Throughout Prendergast’s career, the seaside was one of his favorite subjects, but in this watercolor, his true concern was color. Painting rapidly, Prendergast allowed the white of the paper to show around the edges of his jagged strokes of color, suggesting sunlight on wet rocks. This spontaneous seascape identifies him as one of the first American artists to experiment with modernism before the Armory Show in New York City of 1913, the first large-scale exhibition of European modern art held in the United States.
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130974
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The Rocky Seashore
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drawing
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130974
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drawing
title
The Rocky Seashore
description
Throughout Prendergast’s career, the seaside was one of his favorite subjects, but in this watercolor, his true concern was color. Painting rapidly, Prendergast allowed the white of the paper to show around the edges of his jagged strokes of color, suggesting sunlight on wet rocks. This spontaneous seascape identifies him as one of the first American artists to experiment with modernism before the Armory Show in New York City of 1913, the first large-scale exhibition of European modern art held in the United States.
date
c. 1907–10
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80022214
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3246
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Drawing
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1
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import
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Sheet: 38.3 x 55.6 cm (15 1/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
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America
accession
1953.655
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watercolor with traces of graphite
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The Rocky Seashore, c. 1907–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Watercolor with traces of graphite; sheet: 38.3 x 55.6 cm (15 1/16 x 21 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1953.655
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DR - American 19th Century
citations
citation
"Current Exhibitions", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 06, Summer 2004
page_number
Reproduced: p. 2
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Anonymous Gift
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2026-05-29 06:46:19.756000
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130974
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Drawings
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DR - American 19th Century
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watercolor with traces of graphite
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male
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