The Writing Desk

1915

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a woman from the back sitting at a desk in a full profile view from the waist up. She is slightly leaning forward with her arms resting on the desk. Her hair is styled in a neat bun. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress or blouse. The background features a window with lush foliage, potted plants, and vases on the window sill. A wooden chair is below her, and the desk is cluttered with papers and writing tools. More indoor plants are visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.08 × 17.62 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.75 × 24.45 cm (12 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1530

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 54

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

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

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003-2004

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. 46-47, no. 54.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Cos Cob / [the artist's monogram] / 1915; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp.; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: THE WRITING DESK; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 41 [circled]; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 43 3/4 [circled]

Markings

stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77008572

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