Eucalyptus Trees

1927

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image displays a beach scene with a sandy pathway flanked by tall trees. The top portion shows textured leaves in intricate patterns. The horizon is prominent, showcasing the vast water body beyond the land. The style resembles etchings with fine details, cross-hatched lines, and stippled dots. The monochromatic color palette ranges from black to beige. In the distance, hills and a few human figures are barely visible, one of them seeming to use a rake in the serene coastal setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 27.78 cm (10 × 10 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.39 × 35.88 cm (12 3/4 × 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1218

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 275

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Portraits of Places: The Prints of Childe Hassam, an American Impressionist, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003

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. 175-76, no. 275.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Cornado / March. 8th 18th / [the artist's monogram] / 1927; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; upper left in graphite by unknown hand: 275; lower left in graphite by uknown hand: Eucalyptus Trees 75; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: B.25520.; lower right verso in graphite by unkonwn hand: NO

Markings

stamped left center verso in black ink (twice): F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77011941

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