A Long Island Windmill

1929

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

The image shows a rural landscape with a stone windmill, a church spire in the distance, foliage, and a path. The drawing uses fine lines characteristic of an etching style. The color palette is minimal, relying on light and shadow for depth. Fields and buildings can be seen extending towards distant hills.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Fred Rieth

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.1 x 27.1 cm (4 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 17.1 x 39 cm (6 3/4 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1968.10.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 305

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • The Influence of Rembrandt on Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Landscape Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971, no cat.

2008

  • Childe Hassam: An American Impressionist on Long Island, The Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, Stony Brook, 2008-2009, no catalogue.

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. 188, 191, no. 305.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: [the artist's monogram] / 1961; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp

Wikidata ID

Q65508034

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