The Land of Nod

1918

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image depicts a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated position, showing a gently undulating terrain. The horizon is placed high in the composition, with trees and a small structure visible on it. The drawing features gestural pencil marks, creating a sketch-like quality with expressive lines capturing trees and the terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of grey on a neutral beige background. Sparse clouds are seen in the sky. A prominent tree with arching branches is located in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 20.96 × 27.94 cm (8 1/4 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 29.53 × 42.23 cm (11 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.492

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 20

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

Bibliography

1962

  • Griffith, Fuller. The Lithographs of Childe Hassam: A Catalog, Bulletin 232. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1962, pp. 18, 44, no. 20.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Childe Hassam / June 11th 1918; lower right in graphite: [artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1296 [circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Land of Nod. / Land of Nod; upper right in graphite by unknown hand: 17; upperleft verso in graphite by unknown hand: #27

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

Wikidata ID

Q77011926

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