The English Elms

1933

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image features a tree with a large trunk and long branches, surrounded by lush foliage and other trees in a park setting. The artwork uses intricate linework with hatching to depict the textures of the tree and leaves. The color palette is primarily sepia tones. In the background, people are seen walking and interacting. The contrast between dark lines and light areas creates the impression of a sunny day with shadows on the ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.02 × 20 cm (5 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.77 × 32.07 cm (9 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.442

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 375

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. 216, 219, no. 375.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: English Elms in Central Park; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: MbvoHa [crossed out] / 77BHA; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #7

Wikidata ID

Q77011875

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