Childe Hassam, N.A. 1859-1935.
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.
Mrs. Hassam is seated at an eighteenth-century writing desk at the Holley House in Cos Cob, Connecticut. The boarding house run by the Holleys played a major role in the development of American Impressionism.
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