Childe Frederick Hassam, N.A. 1859-1935.
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Etchings.
The Bill Boards, New York. c. 1919. Etching. Cortissoz, Clayton 87. 4 5/8 x 6 (sheet 6 3/8 x 9 5/8). A fine impression with carefully-wiped plate tone printed on white wove paper with deckle edges. Drying tack holes in the margins. Provenance: William Macbeth Gallery, New York. Signed and dated 1896 in the plate; signed with the cypher in pencil. $8,500.
Floor of the Stock Exchange. 1927. Etching. Cortissoz, Clayton 266. 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 (sheet 11 7/8 x 17 3/8). No published edition. A rich impression with carefully-wiped plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Drying tack holes in the margins. Dedicated in pencil 'Proof selected for Mrs. Lowinson by Childe Hassam'. Signed, dated and annotated in the plate; signed with the cypher in pencil. Framed and glazed. A superb proof of this exceptionally rare image. $22,500.
House on the Main Street, Easthampton. 1922. Etching. Cortissoz/Clayton 213. 6 x 12 1/4 (sheet 9 3/4 x 15 1/4). Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges on three sides with drying tack holes in the margins as usual. Signed with the cypher and annotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating an impression printed by the artist. $4,750.
The Little Church Around the Corner. 1923. Etching. Cortissoz, Clayton 220.ii. 8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 10 5/8 x 11 3/8). A fine impression with carefully-wiped plate tone printed on white wove paper with deckle edges. Drying tack holes in the margins. Signed and dated 'Jany.31, CH 1923 in the plate; signed with the cypher in pencil. The etching is extremely scarce. $6,500.
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Midsummer. 1919. Etching. Clayton 150. 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 9 1/4). Printed on cream laid paper from a gold-leafed book. Signed with the cypher and annotated 'imp' in pencil indicating a proof printed by the artist. On the verso is a cancelled etching by Hassam, The Great Dance 1916. Clayton 91. 8 1/4 x 9 7/8. Printed in sepia ink. 5 diagonal cancellation lines. Double-sided etchings are rarely found in Hassam's oeuvre. $6,750.
Old Lace. 1915. Etching and drypoint. Clayton 56. 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 (sheet 10 5/8 x 9 1/2). Printed on cream wove paper, with deckle edges and drying tack holes in the margins as usual. Signed "Cos Cob CH 1915" in the plate; monogrammed with the cypher and annotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating an impression printed by the artist. Reproduction silver Hassam-style frame. $4,750.
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. Signed with the cypher in pencil. Price upon request.
Lithographs.
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. 3,500.
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. $2,500.
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. $2,500.
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. $3,750.
The Spar Shop, Gloucester. 1918. Lithograph. Kleeman 37; Griffith 23. 7 3/4 x 11 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17 3/4). Edition 95. Three fingerprints and soiling in the margins An excellent impression printed on cream wove paper with full margins and deckle edges on three sides. Signed and annotated in the stone "Childe Hassam, E. Gloucester July 8, 1918"; signed with the cypher in pencil. $2,500.
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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