The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 24, 2023

Shipyard: Children Playing

1900–1902

Maurice Prendergast

(American, 1858–1924)

America, early 20th Century

Color monotype

Image: 20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1982.166

Location

not on view

Description

In 1891, Maurice Prendergast left Boston for Paris, where he studied art for three years at the Atelier Colarossi and the Académie Julian. It was probably in France that he learned the technique of monotype, a medium that he used throughout the second half of the 1890s. This delicate view of children on a beach—possibly Saint-Malo in France—reflects the influence of James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Provenance
?-1982
Leona E. Prasse [1896-1984], Cleveland, OH
November 16, 1982
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985).

Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

Monotypes: Painterly Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 31-October 11, 2015).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.166