Hight Tide, Montauk

1922

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

This is a drawing of three figures interacting with a beach environment. The figures are depicted in various poses; one of them crouches and touches the water in the foreground, while the other two appear more relaxed in the background, among sandy and rocky textures. The lines and cross-hatching technique illustrate the sand's textured surface and suggest the movement of water. The setting captures a tranquil moment by the shore, utilizing shading to convey depth and atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam, 1940)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.88 × 22.54 cm (6 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 33.66 cm (9 1/2 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.458

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 217

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, p. 129, no. 217.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Studio / Jany. 13 / [the artist's monogram] / 1922; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: High Tide - Montauk; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 351677 [crossed out] 1144HA; upper right verso in graphite: #23

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Wikidata ID

Q77011883

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