Lot Essay
The present work depicts the well-known oak tree meadow in Waverly, Massachusetts.
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Meadows
Details
CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
Meadows
signed with artist's crescent device 'Childe Hassam.' (lower right)
pastel on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1891.
Meadows
signed with artist's crescent device 'Childe Hassam.' (lower right)
pastel on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1891.
Provenance
Mrs. Henry Wolf, Austin M. Wolf and Hamilton A. Wolf, Plainfield, New Jersey.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1933.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1933.
Exhibited
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Luce Visible Storage Alcove, Crayon Painting: American Pastels, 1890-1935, September 21, 2005-January 8, 2006.
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Further Details
This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld’s and Kathleen M. Burnside’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work.
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