Floor of the Stock Exchange

1927

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

This is a drawing of a large indoor space with high ceilings, arched doorways, and decorative panels on the walls. Various groups of people are gathered around tall equipment or fixtures in the room. The drawing shows detailed line work and shading to create depth and texture, capturing the lively atmosphere and architectural elements of the space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.77 × 37.47 cm (9 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 32.07 × 45.09 cm (12 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.449

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 266

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

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. 167, 171, no. 266.

1992

  • Buck, James E., ed. The New York Stock Exchange: The First 200 Years. Essex, CT: Greenwich Publishing Group, 1992.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Dec 22nd / 1926 / New York / [the artist's monogram] / 1927 / Jan 7, 8; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand [erased then rewritten]: The Floor of the Stock Exchange; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 67VHA 650617A [crossed out]; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: #14; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 3" x 3 1/2"

Wikidata ID

Q77015274

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