Shadow of a Crime

1895

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Commercial lithograph
Dimensions: image: 15 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (39 x 22.6 cm) sheet: 17 15/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection no.: 1990.1069
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Shadow of a Crime — Maurice Prendergast. 1895.

Medium: Commercial lithograph. Dimensions: image: 15 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (39 x 22.6 cm) sheet: 17 15/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45.5 x 31.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1990.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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