CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
The Blue Sea and the Bather
Details
CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
The Blue Sea and the Bather
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam 1906' with crescent device (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 ¹/₂ x 21 ¹/₄ in. (49 ¹/₂ x 54 cm.)
The Blue Sea and the Bather
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam 1906' with crescent device (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 ¹/₂ x 21 ¹/₄ in. (49 ¹/₂ x 54 cm.)
Provenance
Alexander Morten, New York.
Estate of the above.
American Art Association, New York, 91 Paintings from the Collections of the late Alexander Morten, Frank R. Lawrence, and James S. Inglis, 29 January 1919, lot 55.
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Stephen C. Clark, New York.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, 1930.
M.L. Seidman, New York, acquired from the above, 1936.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Christie's, New York, 19 November 2014, lot 78, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Estate of the above.
American Art Association, New York, 91 Paintings from the Collections of the late Alexander Morten, Frank R. Lawrence, and James S. Inglis, 29 January 1919, lot 55.
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Stephen C. Clark, New York.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, 1930.
M.L. Seidman, New York, acquired from the above, 1936.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Christie's, New York, 19 November 2014, lot 78, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
"$8,800 Paid for a Degas Pastel," The New York Times, January 30, 1919, p. 11.
American Art Annual, vol. 16, 1919, p. 255.
"Paintings loaned to beef up Dixon," Commercial Appeal, June 3, 1988.
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Newsletter, vol. XI, no. 3, June/July/August 1988, p. 4, illustrated.
H.B. Weinberg, Childe Hassam: American Impressionist, New York, 2004, p. 386.
American Art Annual, vol. 16, 1919, p. 255.
"Paintings loaned to beef up Dixon," Commercial Appeal, June 3, 1988.
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Newsletter, vol. XI, no. 3, June/July/August 1988, p. 4, illustrated.
H.B. Weinberg, Childe Hassam: American Impressionist, New York, 2004, p. 386.
Exhibition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, 14th Annual Exhibition, May 2-June 30, 1910, no. 149.
San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1977, on loan.
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1988-1997, on loan.
San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1977, on loan.
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1988-1997, on loan.
Further details
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 and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Brought to you by
Tylee Abbott
Senior Vice President, Head of American Art