House on the Main Street, Easthampton

1922

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

The image shows a house partially hidden by large trees, with the trees dominating the upper portion of the scene. A wooden fence separates the viewer from the house. The house has multiple visible windows, suggesting it is two stories with a porch. The artwork features detailed line work creating texture and depth through cross-hatching and varied line density. The color scheme is monochromatic in black and white, emphasizing contrast and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.6 x 31 cm (6 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 213

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995

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. 128, 131, no. 213.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp.

Wikidata ID

Q65071389

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