The Writing Desk
1915
Artist, American, 1859 - 1935
Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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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
2015.19.1530
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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