
CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
Hollyhocks, Isles of Shoals
Details
CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
Hollyhocks, Isles of Shoals
signed with artist’s crescent device and dated 'Childe Hassam. 1902' (lower left)
pastel on paperboard
18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1902.
Hollyhocks, Isles of Shoals
signed with artist’s crescent device and dated 'Childe Hassam. 1902' (lower left)
pastel on paperboard
18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1902.
Provenance
The artist.
Academy of Arts and Letters, by bequest of the above, 1935.
Milch Galleries, New York, 1951.
John Fox, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1951.
Dwight M. Collins.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Sale: C.G. Sloan & Co., Washington, D.C., 3-5 June 1983, lot 1803, sold by the above.
Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Colorado, acquired from the above, early 1990s.
Sotheby’s, New York, 2 December 2010, lot 63, sold by the above.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.
Academy of Arts and Letters, by bequest of the above, 1935.
Milch Galleries, New York, 1951.
John Fox, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1951.
Dwight M. Collins.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Sale: C.G. Sloan & Co., Washington, D.C., 3-5 June 1983, lot 1803, sold by the above.
Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Colorado, acquired from the above, early 1990s.
Sotheby’s, New York, 2 December 2010, lot 63, sold by the above.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.
Exhibition
New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Art Gallery; Denver, Colorado, The Denver Art Museum; Washington, D.C., The National Museum of American Art, Childe Hassam: An Island Garden Revisited, April 4, 1990-January 7, 1991, pp. 67-68, pl. 20, illustrated.
Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, American Painters in the Age of Impressionism, December 4, 1994-March 26, 1995, pp. 44-45, 113, pl. 47, illustrated.
New York, Adelson Galleries; Houston, Texas, Meredith Long & Company, Childe Hassam: An American Impressionist, November 2, 1999-February 5, 2000, no. 62, illustrated.
Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, American Painters in the Age of Impressionism, December 4, 1994-March 26, 1995, pp. 44-45, 113, pl. 47, illustrated.
New York, Adelson Galleries; Houston, Texas, Meredith Long & Company, Childe Hassam: An American Impressionist, November 2, 1999-February 5, 2000, no. 62, illustrated.
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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