Frederick Childe Hassam, N.A. 1859-1935.
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Toby's, Cos Cob. October 31, 1915. Etching and drypoint. Clayton 55. 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 10 1/8). A unique proof printed on cream wove paper from a Bible. Signed with the cypher in pencil. $5,500.
The Writing Desk. 1915. Etching. Clayton 54. 10 x 7 (sheet 12 3/4 x 10). Printed on cream laid paper with full margins. Printing fold in the left margin that tapers to a very subtle crease into the left side of the image, visible only from the back of the sheet. Signed with the cypher in pencil. Price upon request.
Camouflage. 1918. Lithograph. Kleeman 6; Griffith 8. 6 1/2 x 11 (sheet 11 1/4 x 17 3/4). Edition 54. Signed and annotated in the stone "arrested for this Childe Hassam April 18th, 1918"; signed with the cypher in pencil. An excellent impression printed on fine white wove paper. $3,500.
Inner Harbor. (Gloucester) 1918. Lithograph. Kleeman 17; Griffith 16. 8 x 11 3/4 (sheet 10 3/8 x 17 7/8). Edition 104. Signed and annotated in the stone "Childe Hassam Gloucester 1918"; signed with the cypher in pencil. An excellent impression printed on fine white wove paper. $4,500.
The Land of Nod. 1918. Lithograph. Griffith 20. 8 1/4 x 11 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17 7/8). Edition 52. Signed "Childe Hassam June 10th 1918" in the stone and signed with the cypher in pencil. Printed on the full sheet of Japan paper, with deckle edges on three sides. Gift of Mrs. Hassam to the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, and deaccessioned by them. $3,000.
The Little Schoolhouse, Land of Nod. 1918. Lithograph. Griffith 19. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 7/16 x 17 7/8). Griffith 19. Edition 55. Printed on the full sheet of Japan paper, with deckle edges on three sides. Gift of Mrs. Hassam to the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, and deaccessioned by them. Signed "Childe Hassam June 1918" in the stone, and signed with the cypher in pencil. $3,000.
Red Cross Nurse (Portrait of Cecilia Beaux). 1918. Lithograph. Kleeman 33; Griffith 39. 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 (sheet 17 3/4 x 11 5/8). Edition 50. Signed and annotated in the stone "Childe Hassam Aug 29th 1918 East Gloucester"; signed with the cypher in pencil. A fine impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper with an oak leaf watermark. Full sheet with deckle edges. $5,250.
The Thunderstorm, Gloucester. 1918. Lithograph. Kleeman 42; Griffith 26. 11 x 13 3/4 (sheet 11 3/8 x 17 13/16). Edition 6. Signed and annotated in the stone "Childe Hassam, Gloucester July 30, 1918"; signed with the cypher in pencil. An excellent impression printed on fine white wove paper. Full margins with deckle edges on three sides. $7,500.
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