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May Day, Central Park, 1901. watercolor over graphite.
watercolor over graphite · Sheet: 35.4 x 50.6 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- May Day, Central Park
- Artist
- Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924)
- Date
- 1901
- Medium
- watercolor over graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 35.4 x 50.6 cm (13 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1858–1924
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




