Flora

1929

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a person standing in front of a backdrop of foliage. The person is upright and facing the viewer with a calm expression. They have delicate facial features and short or tightly pulled back hair. The person is clothed in a flowing garment that gathers at the waist and falls to the ground, covering bare feet. They are holding a cluster of wheat or similar vegetation. The intricately detailed foliage contrasts with the smoother lines of the person, creating a complex interplay between the figure and the natural background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown and black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.48 × 22.86 cm (12 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 41.91 × 31.75 cm (16 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.448

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 325

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

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. 201, no. 325.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Aug 14th / [the artist's monogram] / 1929; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] / imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 10 Flora; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 1117HA 17X69NA [crossed out]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #13

Wikidata ID

Q77011327

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