Childe Hassam prints for sale

American, 1859-1935

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Church Doorway, Snow -  HASSAM

Church Doorway, Snow
Etching, 1916, Cortissoz / Clayton 72, edition unknown. 7 x 5 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil, lower right. This fine impression has full margins. The condition is excellent. Printed on a white wove paper, this impression effectively conveys the harsh side of winter weather in New York. The scene is the Calvary Baptist Church on 57th Street.
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Colonial Church, Gloucester -  HASSAM

Colonial Church, Gloucester
Lithograph, 1918, Griffith 41, edition 101. 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Signed, titled and dated on the stone. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent apart from extremely faint toning within an earlier mat opening. This is the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.
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Down Hill - West 152nd Street -  HASSAM

Down Hill - West 152nd Street
Etching, 1931, Cortisson / Clayton 343, edition unknown. 6 x 4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled in pencil with the added inscription,"proof selected for Mrs. Lowinson by Childe Hassam." Here we have a superb, luminous impression of this very rare print. Done from a 1921 drawing, boys are shown playing marbles on the street and the background shows a view of the Hudson and the Palisades. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Frieda Lowinson was a prominent collector of Hassam prints and her stamp is on the verso (not in Lugt).
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Easthampton -  HASSAM

Easthampton
Etching, 1917, Cortissoz/Clayton 134, edition unknown. 7 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil also in the lower right. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This is a fine, luminous impression of this exemplary American impressionist print.
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House on Main Street, Easthampton -  HASSAM

House on Main Street, Easthampton
Etching, 1922, Cortissoz/Clayton 213; edition unknown. 6 x 12 1/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a very fine impression of this stellar American impressionist print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent.
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Manhattan -  HASSAM

Manhattan
Etching printed with selective plate tone, 1916, Cortissoz/Clayton 69, edition unknown. 5 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed, "Proof selected for Mrs. Lowinson by Childe Hassam." This is a superb impression of this extremely rare view of New York. The paper is a white wove sheet which was taken from a Hebrew Bible. (Text appears along the top edge horizontally.) The margins are full with the tack holes showing along the margin edges. Fine condition. This impression also bears the stamp of Frieda Lowinson, the New York collector (not in Lugt). Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York. (An impression of this print is in the Deering Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago and was also printed on a similar Bible page.)
$5,500

Maples in Early Spring -  HASSAM

Maples in Early Spring
Etching, 1931, Cortissoz/Clayton 337; edition unknown. 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil. A fine, luminous impression in fine condition. The margins are full with tack holes showing on the outer edges of the sheet. This lovely print depicts the country place of J. Alden Weir in Connecticut.
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The Arsenal-Central Park -  HASSAM

The Arsenal-Central Park
Etching, 1932, Cortissoz/Clayton 354, edition unknown. 11 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil and inscribed, "proof selected for Mrs. Lowinson by Childe Hassam." Here we have a fine impression of this very rare print. The margins are small but appear to be full. The condition is very good other then for two small brown paper hinges at the top and a small, subtle smudge or stain below the signature. The Arsenal Building is one of two buildings to predate Central Park. It's located on 64th Street off of Fifth Avenue. It was built between 1847 and 1851. Mrs. Lowinson was a major collector of Hassam's work and her stamp is on the verso (not in Lugt).
$2,800

The Broad Curtain -  HASSAM

The Broad Curtain
Lithotint, 1918, Griffith 29, edition 55. 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil in the lower right, as well. This is a superb impression of this large work printed on Japanese paper. The margins are probably full and the condition is very good. Hassam produced only forty-five lithographs, all of them during the 1917-1918 period. Of these, five were lithotints and they were drawn directly on the stone whereas the lithographs were drawn on transfer paper first. This exceptional print expresses the painterly potential of the lithotint medium and the subject is decidely Hassam at his best.
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The Chimneys, Portsmouth (New Hampshire) -  HASSAM

The Chimneys, Portsmouth (New Hampshire)
Etching, 1915, Cortissoz/Clayton 16, edition unknown. 5 x 8 1/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression printed on off-white wove paper. The margins are full with the tack holes showing on all edges of the sheet. The condition is fine. This is a stellar example of Hassam's early work in the etching medium.
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The Dutch Door -  HASSAM

The Dutch Door
Etching, 1915, Cortissoz/Clayton 49, edition unknown. 8 3/8 x 10 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression of this exemplary American impressionist print. The margins are full. The condition is good apart from professionally reinforced splits along the plate mark on two sides, and, one repaired split from the upper right corner to the margin edge. The scene is the Bush- Holly House at Cos Cob, Ct. The model here is Miss Helen Burke. This structure was built in 1730 and is a National Historic Landmark. It was the center of activity for Connecticut's first Artist Colony.
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The Home Sweet Home Cottage, Easthampton -  HASSAM

The Home Sweet Home Cottage, Easthampton
Etching, 1921, Cortissoz/Clayton 174, small edition. 10 x 11 3/4 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression in fine condition. The margins are full with tack holes showing on all sides. This house is where the author of the lyrics for the song lived as a child. His name was John Howard Payne. Childe Hassam can certainly be described as the quintessential American impressionist printmaker of the early 20th century. This is an outstanding example of his work as an etcher.
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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton -  HASSAM

The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton
Etching, 1920, Cortissoz/Clayton 159, edition unknown. 9 15/16 x 14 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil and with "imp." just below the image. This is a superb, luminous impression of this quintessential American impressionist print. The paper is a white wove and the margins are substantial measuring about 1" on all sides. The condition is excellent. This large and important etching is found in many museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art and others.
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The Old Mumford House -  HASSAM

The Old Mumford House
Etching, 1926, Cortissoz-Clayton 264, edition unknown. 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil. This is fine, luminous impression printed on white wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a trace of an old adhesive at the top corners from earlier hinges.) The scene of this charming print is Easthampton, NY. Provenance: M. Knoedler & Co., NY.
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Union Square (New York) -  HASSAM

Union Square (New York)
Etching, 1896, Cortissoz/Clayton 89, edition unknown. 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil and inscribed "proof selected for Mrs. Lowinson by Childe Hassam." This is a fine impression printed with tone. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. (There are tack holes along the edges from when the sheet was tacked to the wall after printing.) The stamp of Frieda Lowinson, the New York collector, is in the lower right corner. (Not in Lugt). Provenance: M.Knoedler & Co, New York.
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Yuma, AZ -  HASSAM

Yuma, AZ
Etching, 1927, Cortissoz / Clayton 287, edition unknown. 5 x 7 3/4 in. Signed, dated and titled in the plate. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins showing the tack holes along the outside edge of the sheet. This rare print helps to document the artist's travels around the country which included visits to California, Louisiana and New Mexico.
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