A North East Headland

1901

Childe Hassam

Painter, American, 1859 - 1935

Childe Hassam

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A rocky shoreline juts into a vivid, aquamarine-blue body of water in this loosely painted, nearly square landscape. The rocky beach and a few pieces of driftwood stretch in front of us in shades of ivory white, sand brown, gold, and mustard yellow to fill the bottom half of the painting. A few touches of shamrock green suggest plants growing in the near distance. A higher, almost flat-topped promontory reaches into the water beyond, nearly spanning the width of the composition. Areas of pine green suggest more growth in the distance near the left edge. A line of pale brown reaches across much of the horizon, which comes four-fifths of the way up the painting. The sky above is muted turquoise blue. The artist signed and dated the painting in the lower right corner, “Childe Hassam 1901.”

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1907 from the artist by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1905

  • Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 1 June - 15 October 1905, no. 1.

1907

  • First Annual Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcorcan Gallery of Art, Washington, 1907, no. 240, as North East Headlands -- New England Coast.

1908

  • Third Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 30 April - 30 August 1908, no. 67, as North East Headlands -- New England Coast.

1911

  • Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 28 December 1911 - 15 January 1912, no 8, as Northeast Headlands, New England Coast.

1965

  • Childe Hassam: A Retrospective Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester NH, 1965, no. 32, as Northeast Headlands -- New England Coast.

1975

  • 15 American Artists from the Corcoran: an Exhibition of American 20th C. Works from the Permanent Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, London Art Gallery, Ontario, 4 April - 6 May 1975, no. 1, repro., as Northeast Headlands -- New England Coast.

1977

  • Themes in American Painting, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1 October - 30 November 1977, no. 28.

1978

  • A Stern and Lovely Scene: A Visual History of the Isles of Shoals, University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, Durham, unnumbered checklist, as Northeast Headlands -- New England Coast.

1980

  • La Pintura de Los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 18 November 1980 - 4 January 1981, no. 36, as Promontorios del Noreste -- Costa de Nueva Inglaterra.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907-1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2003

  • Portraits of Places: Prints of Childe Hassam, an American Impressionist, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 7 June - 4 August 2003, unpublished checklist.

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, unpublished checklist.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no.60.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

2009

  • American Paintings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 6 June-18 October 2009, unpublished checklist.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

2016

  • American Impressionist: Childe Hassam on the Isles of Shoals, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2016-2017, pl. 12.

Bibliography

2011

  • Larkin, Susan G. "Childe Hassam, _A North East Headland." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 182-183, 275, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Childe Hassam 1901

Wikidata ID

Q46632242

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