Deux femmes assises dans un parc
1895-1897
Maurice Prendergast captures a lazy afternoon in the park with this breezy watercolor sketch, likely created around 1895. Two fashionable ladies, viewed from behind, sit side-by-side in voluminous dresses and wide-brimmed hats, soaking up the dappled sunlight. The scene is rendered in loose, vibrant washes of yellow and green, typical of his Post-Impressionist style that favored pattern and color over strict realism. It feels like a quick, joyful snapshot of turn-of-the-century leisure, almost as if the artist was sitting right there on the grass with them.
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