Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00–5:00

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Low Tide, Cos Cob Bridge

1915

Childe Hassam

Associated Names

Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

The image shows an industrial scene by the water's edge. A bridge with stone piers stretches across the horizon. Industrial structures and smoke stacks are visible in the distance. A weathered wooden building with steps leading up to a door is depicted on the left side. Piles of material are heaped next to the building. People are seen near small boats on the right side. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray and black.

Download

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 19.5 × 27.6 cm (7 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 26.7 × 32.9 cm (10 1/2 × 12 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2383
Catalogue Raisonné

Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 45

Artwork history & notes

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. 42, no. 45.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q76441868

You may be interested in