Lot Essay
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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Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
Men o' War--"The Blake" and "The Boston"
Details
Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
Men o' War--"The Blake" and "The Boston"
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam. April 1893' (lower left)--dated again, inscribed with artist's device and title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 x 22¼ in. (45.7 x 56.5 cm.)
Men o' War--"The Blake" and "The Boston"
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam. April 1893' (lower left)--dated again, inscribed with artist's device and title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 x 22¼ in. (45.7 x 56.5 cm.)
Provenance
Hersey Egginton, New York, 1929.
The artist.
Estate of the above.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, bequest from the above, 1935.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1946.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1963.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1964.
The artist.
Estate of the above.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, bequest from the above, 1935.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1946.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1963.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1964.
Literature
The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Catalogue of a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Childe Hassam, N.A., exhibition catalogue, Buffalo, New York, 1929, p. 14, no. 28.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Childe Hassam, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1964, n.p., no. 15.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Childe Hassam, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1964, n.p., no. 15.
Exhibited
Buffalo, New York, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Childe Hassam, N.A., March 9-April 8, 1929.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Childe Hassam, February 18-March 7, 1964.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, 1968, on loan.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Childe Hassam, February 18-March 7, 1964.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, 1968, on loan.
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