Nude [recto]

1918

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam
Artist, American, 1859 - 1935
George C. Miller
Printer, American, 1894 - 1966
The artwork depicts a nude figure shown from the back, positioned in a standing pose. The figure's head is turned slightly to the side, with short, dark hair. The body is sketched with a combination of light and shadow, using cross-hatching techniques for texture and depth. The background is filled with dense, abstract patterns created with bold, dark strokes. The overall composition is textured, focusing on form and contrast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam, 1940)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 36.2 × 24.77 cm (14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 45.72 × 27.78 cm (18 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.468.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 38

Associated Artworks

Portrait of Joseph Pennell [verso]

Childe Hassam, George C. Miller
1917

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

Bibliography

1962

  • Griffith, Fuller. The Lithographs of Childe Hassam: A Catalog, Bulletin 232. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1962, pp. 22, 59, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Childe Hassam / 1918; lower right in graphite: [artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1649 [circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Nude

Wikidata ID

Q77011902

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