Egeria

1927

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image depicts a person kneeling on one knee with the other leg tucked underneath, slightly turned to the side. The person has long, wavy hair and is holding their hair with one hand. The person is nude and has a serene expression, with eyes looking down. The background shows dense foliage, and the figure is on a stone or marble surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.54 × 7.46 cm (4 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.89 × 12.07 cm (7 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.438

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 324

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, pp. 201, no. 324.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: June 2nd / [artist's monogram] / 1929; lower right in graphite: [artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Egeria; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 1120HA 11450HA [strikethrough]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #3

Wikidata ID

Q77013455

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