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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.489
People
Childe Hassam, American (Boston, MA 1859 - 1935 E. Hampton, NY)
Title
Nurses in the Park
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1889
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/320310

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
26.3 × 35.3 cm (10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
frame: 44 × 53 cm (17 5/16 × 20 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. Childe Hassam
  • label: back of frame, typed: L.68.71.b / Horowitz
  • gallery label: back of frame: [printed:] DAVIS GALLERIES / [image of an eagle] / 231 EAST 60 ST / NEW YORK CITY; Artist: [inscribed, black ink:] CHILDE HASSAM / Title: [inscribed, black ink:] NURSES IN THE PARK / Size: [inscribed, black ink: 10 ¼ x 13 7/8 [printed:] Med: [inscribed, black ink:] OIL ON / WOOD BOARD / #

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Fox, Boston, MA. Dwight W. Collins, Washington, DC. [Babcock Galleries, New York, consigned to Davis Galleries, New York], sold; to Margaret and Raymond Horowitz, New York, 1961; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.489
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Childe Hassam: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 1965), p. 26, cat. 11
  • American Paintings and Historical Prints from the Middendorf Collection: Catalogue of an Exhibition, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1967), p. 62
  • New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1968), no. 74
  • Henry J. Seldis, "An Impressionist at Santa Barbara", Los Angeles Times (April 23, 1972), p. C54, p. C54, repr.
  • Childe Hassam 1859-1935, exh. cat., University of Arizona Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ, 1972), pp. 68, 139, cat. 30, ill.
  • Dianne H. Pilgrim, American Impressionist and Realist Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1973), pp. 82-83, cat. 24, ill.
  • Sophie Monneret, L' impressionisme et son époque: dictionaire international illustré (Paris, France, 1979), vol. I, p. 268
  • Stuart P. Feld and Judith Wolfe, Childe Hassam, 1859-1935: An Exhibition Commemorating Guild Hall's 50th Anniversary Year, exh. cat., Guild Hall Museum (East Hampton, NY, 1981), checklist no. 6
  • Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 1998), pp. 82-83, 185 cat. 23, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Childe Hassam: A Retrospective Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 04/30/1965 - 08/01/1965; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 08/17/1965 - 09/19/1965; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 09/28/1965 - 10/31/1965; Gallery of Modern Art (NY), New York, 11/16/1965 - 12/19/1965
  • New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 07/03/1968 - 09/02/1968
  • Childe Hassam, 1859-1935, University of Arizona Museum of Art, 02/05/1972 - 03/05/1972; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 03/26/1972 - 04/30/1972
  • American Impressionist and Realist Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 04/19/1973 - 06/03/1973
  • Childe Hassam, 1859-1935: An Exhibition Commemorating Guild Hall's 50th Anniversary Year, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, 03/21/1981 - 05/10/1981
  • American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/24/1999 - 05/09/1999

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