Girl in a Modern Gown

1922

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a full-body sketch of a woman standing straight in a doorway. She has tied her hair back in a bun and wears a dark, short-sleeved blouse and a long, patterned skirt. Her hands are positioned in front of her, resting against each other. In the background, there is a room visible through the doorway, containing a window with a view outside, and a simple wooden chair. The wall beside her features faint sketches or decorations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.46 × 17.62 cm (10 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.07 × 22.7 cm (12 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.452

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 210

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

2002

  • The Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873-1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002

2003

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003-2004

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. 125-126, no. 210.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: Easthampton / [the artist's monogram] / June 19 / 1922; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp.; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Girl in a Modern Gown; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #17

Wikidata ID

Q77011885

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