Old Doorway, Easthampton

1920

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

The image shows a frontal view of the entrance to a building. The scene features vines and foliage partially covering the entrance and windows. The composition is detailed and intricate, using fine brushstrokes or etching lines to create texture. The color palette is monochromatic. The ground and steps leading to the door are visible, with sunlight filtering through the leaves above. The building structure frames the scene, with windows on either side of the door. The overall atmosphere is serene and quiet, balancing natural and man-made elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25 x 29.8 cm (9 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 23.7 x 40.1 cm (9 5/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.99.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 162

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frieda Lowinson, New York (not in Lugt). (Kennedy Galleries, New York); Jacob [1909-2001] and Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4738), purchased 1972; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

  • Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

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. 109-10, no. 162.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: East Hampton / [the artist's monogram] / July 28 / 1920; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp.; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: a18086

Markings

Collection Frieda Lowinson (stamped); J + RCK (stamped)

Wikidata ID

Q76337408

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