The Bathers

Details

Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
The Bathers
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam 1903' with artist's crescent device (lower left)
oil on board
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1913.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1919.

Literature

University of Arizona Museum of Art, Childe Hassam, 1859-1935, exhibition catalogue, Tucson, Arizona, 1972, pp. 95, 141, no. 62, illustrated.
Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Childe Hassam, Impressions, exhibition catalogue, Memphis, Tennessee, 1974, n.p., no. 7.

Exhibited

Tucson, Arizona, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Childe Hassam Retrospective, February 5-March 5, 1972, no. 62.
Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Childe Hassam, Impressions, March 1974, no. 7.

Lot Essay

In a January 1913 letter to the first owner of the present work, Hassam wrote, "The Bathers is perhaps the best title for the little picture that you purchased of me. I think it is one of the best of my small panels of the nude out of doors. Anyway they are subjects that interest me greatly."

We would like to thank Kathleen M. Burnside for her assistance with cataloguing this work.

This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.

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