Beach at Newport

Details

CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
Beach at Newport
signed with artist's crescent device 'Childe Hassam' (lower right)
oil on panel
8 1⁄8 x 5 ½ in. (20.6 x 14 cm.)
Painted in 1901.

Provenance

Craig and Polly O. Wallace, San Francisco, California.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1996.

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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Lot Essay

Painted in 1901, the present work depicts Newport, Rhode Island, where Hassam spent September and October of that year. The trip resulted in numerous stunning works like the present example, as well as others now in museum collections, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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