CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
16.04.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1561439
Lot 75 | CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
Estimate value
60000USD $ 60 000 – 80 000
The Nymph of the Beryl Gorge
signed with artist's crescent device and dated 'Childe Hassam/1914' (lower right)—signed again with initials and artist's crescent device 'C.H.' and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
34 x 16 ¼ in. (86.4 x 41.3 cm.)
Painted in 1914.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, Chicago, Illinois.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, gift from the above, 1935.
Christie's, New York, 25 May 2006, lot 29, sold by the above.
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2006.
Literature
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1961, p. 213.
D.P. Curry, Childe Hassam: An Island Garden Revisited, Denver, Colorado, 1990, pp. 145-46, fig. 3.24 illustrated.
C. Wright, The World's Master Paintings: From the Early Renaissance to the Present Day, vol. II, London, 1992, p. 899.
H.B. Weinberg, Childe Hassam: American Impressionist, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2004, p. 320, fig. 322, illustrated.
Exhibited
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona, Museum of Art; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Childe Hassam, 1859-1935, February 5-April 30, 1972, pp. 117, 142, no. 90, illustrated.
Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Childe Hassam: Impressions, December 1974, n.p., no. 12, 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.
| Artist: | Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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