Easthampton

1917

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a ground-level view of a pathway running parallel to trees and a building on the left. The path extends into the distance, gradually narrowing. The artwork features detailed cross-hatching and linear strokes to depict shadows and textures on the ground and trees. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black on cream or tan paper. The tree trunks are dense with foliage, casting shadows on the path. A building with wooden siding and windows is partially hidden by trees on the left. A low wooden fence borders the pathway. In the background, there are shadowy silhouettes of more trees and foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.57 × 28.89 cm (7 5/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 × 36.2 cm (9 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.441

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 134

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. 95-96, no. 134.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: [the artist's monogram] / 1917; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp-; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: #134 Easthampton; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand [erased]: 150; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #6

Watermarks

VIDALON-LES-ANNONAY A LAVIS ANC MANUFURE CANSON & MONTGOLFIER

Wikidata ID

Q77013456

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