New York Sky Line, Light Buildings

1918

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image features a cityscape with a cluster of buildings stretching towards the horizon. The skyline includes tall structures, with a tower topped by a flag standing out. The sketchy pencil strokes give the artwork an impressionistic quality, with a monochromatic color palette of black against a light beige background. Smaller buildings in the foreground contrast with the taller industrial structures in the distance. The sky is lightly sketched with horizontal lines suggesting clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on smooth wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.86 × 34.29 cm (9 × 13 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.99 × 36.99 cm (10 5/8 × 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.490

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 12

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

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. 15, 36, no. 12.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Childe Hassam / N.Y. April 27th 1918; lower center in graphite: [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 1st state only 5; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1513 [circled]; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: New York Skyline - Light Bldgs; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #25; lower right verso in red colored pencil by unknown hand: [check mark]

Wikidata ID

Q77011923

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