Beach and Two Houses

c. 1918

Oil on canvas

61.8 × 89.2 cm (24.3 × 35.1 in)

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In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Several figures sit and stroll under leafy trees, while a stately oceanfront house with green shutters and a terra-cotta-tiled roof is visible in the background. Behind them, the blue seawater sparkles in the sunshine. A pioneer of American modernism, Prendergast presents the scene as a network of high-keyed colors, blending sources ranging from medieval mosaics to recent depictions of the utopian Arcadia by French neoimpressionists.

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