Rain Drops and Surf

1921

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

This is a drawing of a figure standing by the shore with arms raised. The figure stands in shallow water, with waves crashing around them. The sky is filled with dramatic clouds. The drawing is detailed and intricate, using crosshatching to create shadows and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.43 × 15.24 cm (8 7/16 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 32.86 × 24.77 cm (12 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.465

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 170

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

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. 113, 115, no. 170.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Easthampton / June / [the artist's monogram] / 1921; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Raindrops Surf 2nd st.; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 1126HA 17477 [crossed out]; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: RAINDROPS, SURF; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #30 - "Raindrops, Surf"

Wikidata ID

Q77008589

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