New York Bouquet

1917

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image features a tall building at the center of the composition, viewed from a street-level perspective. The building has detailed architectural features such as arched windows and layered sections, and extends upward towards the top edge of the image. A flag is shown to the right, adding movement and contrast. The artwork is created with sketch-like techniques, visible brushstrokes or pencil lines, and has a monochromatic color palette of black, grey, and cream.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.94 × 15.88 cm (11 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 41.59 × 26.99 cm (16 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.486

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Griffith 1962, no. 2

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

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940

1948

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948

1955

  • Lithographs by Childe Hassam, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955

2003

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

Bibliography

1962

  • Griffith, Fuller. The Lithographs of Childe Hassam: A Catalog, Bulletin 232. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1962, pp. 12, 26, no. 2.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Childe Hassam / Nov. 14th 1917; lower left in graphite: [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1463 [circled]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: New York Bouquet; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 10 x 18 1/4

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

Wikidata ID

Q77011918

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