Independence Hall

1926

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a ground-level view of a historical building with a clock tower at the center. The tower has a spire and weathervane on top, and bare trees are on either side. The artwork features fine and detailed brushstrokes to depict the trees and architecture. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of sepia and black. Some individuals are walking and talking near us, and in the distance, the building and trees create depth in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.46 × 22.54 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.77 × 31.75 cm (9 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.459

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 260

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. 164-65, no. 260.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: March / [the artist's monogram] / 1926 / Studio; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: #260 Independence Hall; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 569377; right center edge in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #24

Watermarks

VAN GELDER ZONAN / HOLLAND

Wikidata ID

Q77009554

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