Childe Hassam, N.A. 1859-1935.
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.
Cecilia Beaux was born in Philadelphia in 1863. She studied art privately, and then entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. In 1889, she went to Europe to study at the Académie Julian and at Colarossi's. She was later appointed to the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy, the first full time woman instructor there, where she taught for over 20 years. A leading portraitist, her favorite subjects were women and children. Her 1895 painting, "New England Woman", exhibited in Philadelphia, marked her as an Impressionist.
Cecilia Beaux exhibited successfully both in the U.S. and abroad. She continued to paint, dividing her time between Philadelphia, New York and Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she died on September 16, 1942.
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