Kitty Walking in Snow

Details

Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
Kitty Walking in Snow
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam 1918' with artist's crescent device (lower left)--signed again with initials and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on board
15 ¾ x 10 ½ in. (40 x 26.7 cm.)
Painted in 1918.

Provenance

The artist.
Leonard Clayton Gallery, New York.
Mr. Hugh Samson, New York, acquired from the above, 1930.
Mrs. C.F. (Emily Lynch) Samson, Scarborough, New York.
Estate of the above.
Mrs. R. Taylor, New York, daughter of the above.
Newhouse Galleries, New York, by 1978.
Petersen Galleries, Beverly Hills, California, 1979.
Sidney Sheldon, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above, 1987.
Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 2007, lot 80, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Lot Essay

We would like to thank the Hassam catalogue raisonné committee for their assistance with cataloguing this work.

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

The present work depicts Childe Hassam's frequent model, Kitty Hughes, on the streets of New York City with Columbus Circle in the distance.

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