American, 1859-1935
Study for "Village Elms, Easthampton", 1923 (also known as Village Elms, Easthampton; Village Elms, Easthampton—Aunt Phoebe's House)
Initialed CH, inscribed indistinctly, and dated 1923 (lc)
Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper
7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Provenance:
The artist
Mr. George Dyer, New York and Norfolk, CT, 1925
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Literature:
Royal Cortissoz, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of Childe Hassam, N.A. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, p. 86 no. 222
This work will be included in Stuart P. Feld and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work (1923.035).
(Framed 14 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches)
Three creases in the sheet, each running horizontally for the length of the work, two along the top edge and the other near the bottom edge; small 1/4 inch tear in the upper left corner; the sheet is toned.
Fine Art
