On the Beach

Maurice Prendergast ( ca. 1907-ca. 1909 )

Period Twentieth-Century
Materials Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite pencil on paper

Object Number 1607
Dimensions 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.; 36.83 x 54.61 cm.; Framed: 25 3/8 in x 32 3/16 in x 1 in; 64.45 cm x 81.76 cm x 2.54 cm
Credit Line Acquired 1926

This watercolor was painted in Saint-Malo, a medieval French coastal city in northwestern Brittany, that had become a popular summer resort town. Prendergast visited Saint-Malo twice, first in 1907 and again in 1909.