Self-Portrait

1916

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a man from the waist up. He is facing forward with a serious expression. The man has short, wavy hair and distinct facial features. He is wearing a light-colored garment with a dark bowtie at the collar. In his hand, he holds multiple thin objects. The background features patterned papers or art prints.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.78 × 17.62 cm (10 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.01 × 25.4 cm (15 3/4 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.436

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 114

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; Mrs. Childe Hassam, New York, 1935; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1940

  • Etchings by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940

1978

  • Artists and Their Circles, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978

2003

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

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, p. 85, no. 114.

Inscriptions

center right in plate: Childe Hassam / New York 1916; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp-; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Selfportrait [sic] 114 / #114 Selfportrait [sic]; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 1458MM; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #1

Watermarks

J WHATMAN 1896

Wikidata ID

Q77008586

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