Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman in a veiled hat

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

1895–97 · Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in watercolor · Robert Lehman Collection

This vivid portrait may present someone known to Prendergast, given the striking features and immediate, frontal gaze. As with other nocturnal watercolors in the Public Garden Sketchbook, the artist employs a pink/blue/black/green palette resulting in a broadly washed, atmospheric mauve.

Artist

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date

1895–97

Medium

Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in watercolor

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975