North River

1917

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a scene of a small dock area with various wooden structures and boats. The view is from an elevated perspective with the horizon line at the top, featuring water with larger ships in the distance. The brushstrokes and lines give the work a sketch-like quality, creating a rough texture. The color palette is monochromatic with soft beige for the background and dark charcoal strokes for details. The composition includes wooden docks, shed-like buildings, ships, and a distant shoreline, all depicted with minimalistic style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.89 × 27.94 cm (11 3/8 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 × 30.48 cm (15 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.475

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 1

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

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940

1948

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948

1955

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955

1977

  • American Lithographs from the Corcoran's Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 19

2003

  • Portraits of Places: The Prints of Childe Hassam, an American Impressionist, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003

Bibliography

1962

  • Griffith, Fuller. The Lithographs of Childe Hassam: A Catalog, Bulletin 232. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1962, pp. 12, 25, no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Childe Hassam 1917 / [the artist's monogram][; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1609 [circled]; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: North River

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

Wikidata ID

Q77009018

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