Independence Hall

1926

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

The image shows a historic building with a clock tower and a spire at the center. The style is defined by precise linear etchings and controlled brushstrokes creating texture. Leafless trees frame the building. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black and gray. Other buildings and architectural elements are visible on both sides of the central structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.15 × 22.54 cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.6.46

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 260

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 90.

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. 164-65, no. 260.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp.

Wikidata ID

Q64954459

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