Helen Burke

1917

Childe Hassam

Associated Names
Childe Hassam

Artist, American, 1859 - 1935

Peter J. Platt

Printer, American, 1859 - 1934

The image shows a person standing outdoors. They are positioned slightly to the right of the center with a relaxed posture. The person has short hair, partially covered by a patterned headscarf, and is wearing a garment with a light and dark pattern. The person's facial features are softly defined with a calm expression. They are not holding any objects, and there is no visible jewelry. In the background, there are dense branches filled with leaves and what appear to be fruits.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.73 × 23.97 cm (7 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.45 × 18.73 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.455

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cortissoz and Clayton 1989, no. 128

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

1982

  • American Impressionist Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 10

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. 92-93, no. 128.

2012

  • Larkin, Susan G. A Good Light: The Artist's Studio in Cos Cob and Beyond. Connecticut: Greenwich Historical Society, 2012, p. 18, fig. 16.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: [the artist's monogram] / 1917; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram] imp.; upper left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 128; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Helen Burke; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #20

Watermarks

[partial crest]

Wikidata ID

Q77013143

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