Easthampton, Sidewalk

1925

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a tree-lined avenue from the perspective at the start of the path. The horizon is suggested by the convergence of the trees and path in the distance. A faint silhouette of a figure walking away can be seen on this horizon. The artwork features fine ink lines forming detailed crosshatching for shadows and texture in an etching style. Evenly spaced tree trunks with contrasting shadows guide the eyes along the path, next to a wooden fence on the right. Vintage automobiles and buildings are visible beyond the trees, on the left side. The color palette is monochromatic, utilizing black ink variations on a cream background to portray forms and light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 × 19.84 cm (5 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 31.75 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.447

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 251

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

1981

  • Artists on Vacation, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

1997

  • Childe Hassam: Long Island Summers, Guild Hall of East Hampton, New York, 1997

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. 158, 161, no. 251.

2003

  • Denker, Eric, and Herbert L. Cooper. "The Prints of Childe Hassam." American Art Review 15, no. 3 (May 2003): p. 94.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: [the artist's monogram]; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Easthampton Sidewalk; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: EASTHAMPTON SIDEWALK; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 17 1/8x x16 3/8; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: #12

Wikidata ID

Q77015273

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