The "Home Sweet Home" Cottage, Easthampton

1921

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

The image depicts a rustic house surrounded by lush vegetation. The perspective is straight-on, showcasing the house's facade. The scene features the house, trees, and foliage, with no visible horizon. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing textures such as the shingles and leaves. The monochromatic color palette uses sepia tones for depth. Sunlight filters through leaves, creating dappled light and shadow on the ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Fred Rieth

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.08 × 30.16 cm (9 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1968.10.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 174

Artwork history & notes

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. 114-15, no. 174.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q65508041

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