Inner Harbor

1918

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a coastal landscape with a body of water, buildings, and trees on the horizon. The artistic style uses sparse brushstrokes and a monochromatic color palette. Boats can be seen in the distance, with calm water in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.69 × 29.21 cm (7 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.67 × 41.28 cm (10 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.478

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 16

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, 1940

1982

  • American Impressionist Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 11

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. 16, 40, no. 16.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Childe Hassam / Gloucester 1918; lower left in graphite: [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 2 [partially circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Inner Harbor- 1262 [circled]

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

Wikidata ID

Q77011904

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