Stone Fences, Land of Nod

1918

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a landscape with a horizon in the upper third. Distant trees and small houses can be seen. The drawing uses loose pencil strokes with rough outlines. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray on a cream background. Jagged lines suggest shrubbery or abstract tree forms in the foreground. Smooth slopes and fields extend into the distance. Fluffy clouds float above the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 22.23 × 29.53 cm (8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.05 × 43.82 cm (11 7/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.487

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 18

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. 17, 42, no. 18.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Childe Hassam 1918 / Land of Nod -; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 828 [circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Stone Fences; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: #22

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

Wikidata ID

Q77013052

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