Portrait of Joseph Pennell

1917

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a sketched view of a person seen from behind, standing upright with their hands on a counter or table surface. The person has short, dark hair and is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a vest, and an apron tied around their waist. In front of the person are bottles or containers on the surface. The background features large windows letting in light, suggesting an indoor setting during the day. There are indeterminate shapes outside the windows and items nearby, possibly on shelving or another part of the workspace.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.42 × 27.94 cm (15 1/8 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 45.4 × 30.48 cm (17 7/8 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.469

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 3

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

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

1948

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948

1955

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955

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

1962

  • Griffith, Fuller. The Lithographs of Childe Hassam: A Catalog, Bulletin 232. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1962, pp. 12, 27, no. 3.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Childe Hassam / Nov. / 1917; lower center in graphite: [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1710 [circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Joseph Pennell; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #4

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

Wikidata ID

Q77009003

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