Landscape with Woodland Pool

Details

CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)
Landscape with Woodland Pool
signed with artist's crescent device 'Childe Hassam' (lower left)
watercolor and gouache on paper
11 ¾ x 35 ¾ in. (29.8 x 90.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1885-86.

Provenance

Dr. Smithies, Massachusetts, 1933.
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Landreth, Atherton, California, by descent from the above.
Sven H.A. Bruntjen, Woodside, California.
Private collection, Dallas, Texas, acquired from the above, 1986.
By descent to the present owner.

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

Luminous and meditative, the present work likely depicts a rural area near Boston, Massachusetts, where Childe Hassam spent his early career. Already delighting in the artistic evocation of reflections, the present work demonstrates Hassam's precocious hand and delight in capturing nature.

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