Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman walking in the rain under an umbrella

Maurice Brazil Prendergast American

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Using a palette suggestive of darkened skies and a rainy atmosphere, Prendergast has captured this elegant pedestrian crossing water-drenched streets, their surfaces reflecting the incandescent light of nearby buildings. The watercolor medium could not be more appropriate for the occasion.

Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman walking in the rain under an umbrella, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York), Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor; Verso: watercolor over pencil

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Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman walking in the rain under an umbrella, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York), Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor; Verso: watercolor over pencil
Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman walking in the rain under an umbrella, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York), Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor; Verso: watercolor over pencil

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