First Leaves—Spring in Washington, St. John's
1929
Artist, American, 1859 - 1935
Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 15.24 × 22.54 cm (6 × 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 24.45 × 32.07 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.443
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Catalogue Raisonné
Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 341
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, New York; Mrs. Childe Hassam, New York, 1935; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1940
Etchings by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940
1982
Washington on the Potomac, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982
Bibliography
1989
Cortissoz, Royal, and the Leonard Clayton Gallery. Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of Childe Hassam, N.A.. San Francisco, California: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1989, p. 207, no. 341.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: [the artist's monogram] April 14th 1929 9AM; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: First Leaves St John's Washington 60; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 17 3/8 M567HA [crossed out] 839HA; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: FIRST LEAVES, ST. JOHN'S WASHINGTON; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #8
Wikidata ID
Q77008570