Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: Two women conversing on the street

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

1895–97 · Watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor · Robert Lehman Collection

In this vibrant watercolor, Prendergast integrates the white of the paper into the densely brushed composition, its parasol crowning an elaborate hat of raised poppies. The highly finished quality of the whole suggests its intended later use in another medium.

Artist: Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Date: 1895–97
Medium: Watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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