Afternoon Shadows

1918

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a landscape with a rural setting. There are buildings, including a house with a sloped roof, and smaller structures. The horizon line is visible near the middle of the composition. The brushstrokes convey texture and depth, especially in the foliage and ground. The color scheme is monochromatic, with black tones on a beige background. Large trees are on the left, and the foreground features rough terrain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 28.26 cm (7 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.67 × 39.05 cm (10 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.491

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 42

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. 22, 63, no. 42.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Childe Hassam, Sept. 12th 1918; lower right in graphite; [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 131 [circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Afternoon Shadows; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #26

Wikidata ID

Q77011925

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