Late Afternoon, Summer
circa 1900-1905
Maurice Prendergast captures the lazy, golden haze of a turn-of-the-century summer day with his signature mosaic-like style. In this scene, elegantly dressed women and children in wide-brimmed hats lounge near a bustling pier, their forms rendered in soft, dappled washes of pink, yellow, and green. Prendergast, an American Post-Impressionist, was fascinated by leisure scenes and often treated his figures almost like decorative patterns rather than realistic portraits. You can almost feel the warm breeze rustling through the trees as the figures gaze out at the sailboats, making this a perfect snapshot of Edwardian summer leisure.
- Technique
- watercolor and pencil
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 14 1/8 x 11 in. (35.9 x 27.9 cm)
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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