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Childe Hassam
(American, 1859-1935)
Sunset, Little Hill, c. 1916-1917
Estimate: $7,000-$9,000
Sold
$18,000
Live Auction
American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Size
9 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.
Description
Childe Hassam
(American, 1859-1935)
Sunset, Little Hill, c. 1916-1917
watercolor on paper laid to board
signed Childe Hassam (lower left)
9 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.
Property from a Private Collection, Denver, Colorado.
Condition
In overall good condition. Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; sheet is moderately toned, with evidence of mat burn along extreme edges; otherwise appears in stable condition. Additional images available upon request.Framed: 23 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.
Signature
signed Childe Hassam (lower left)
Provenance
The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Hassam’s work in preparation by Stuart P. Feld and Kathleen M. Burnside.Provenance:The Artist, 1916-27.Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, Los Angeles, California, 1927-29.Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, 1929-77.Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, California, Sale of November 8, 1977, Lot 340 (as Sunset, Little Hill).Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California, 1977 (with incorrect date of 1917).Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California, Sale of October 3, 1981, Lot 393 (as Sunset, Little Hill, with the incorrect date of 1917).Gene Mako, Los Angeles, California, 1981.Henry F. Frigon, Kansas City, Missouri.R. H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.Madron, LLC, Chicago, Illinois.The Pfeil Collection, by 1993.Exhibited:Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American Art, American Impressions: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections, March 27 - July 5, 1993, no. 46.Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville Museum of Art, American Images from the Turn of the Century: The Frigon Collection, December 10, 1995 - February 11, 1996 (also traveled to Chicago, R.H. Love Galleries, May 8-June 8, 1996).