Old Lace

1915

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows an elevated view looking down towards a body of water. A small boat is floating on the water, depicted with textured brushstrokes. A stone bridge with lattice railings spans the horizon line, with trees and buildings in the background. The brushstrokes are light and refined, emphasizing texture. The color palette is monochrome with sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.46 × 17.46 cm (6 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.81 × 23.02 cm (9 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.462

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 56

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

2003

  • Portraits of Places: The Prints of Childe Hassam, an American Impressionist, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003

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. 47, 51, no. 56.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Cos Cob / [the artist's monogram] / 1915; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Old Lace; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: C108HM [crossed out] M103MCH [crossed out] 1013HA; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #27

Wikidata ID

Q77013460

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