Lot 96
  • 96

Childe Hassam

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Childe Hassam
  • Street Scene in Sannois
  • signed Childe Hassam and dated Sannois '89 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 1/4 by 12 1/2 inches
  • (41.3 by 31.8 cm)

Provenance

Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1948
Acquired from the above by the present owner's grandparents

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is strip lined. Surface: good condition aside from widely patterned cracking in the sky and foremost figure. UNDER UV: three inch line of inpainting to extreme center left edge, dot and dash lower right quadrant
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Catalogue Note

During his tenure in Paris from 1886-89, Childe Hassam dedicated his time to documenting the daily life of Parisians, particularly flower sellers and shopkeepers. The bright wares of these women afforded Hassam the opportunity to incorporate bright color accents in otherwise subdued compositions. In Sannois, the dots of vermillion and peach draw the eye to the bounty in the baskets the women are carrying to market. The pale orange hues in the sky and light reflecting off one facet of the spire indicate early morning as the figures begin the work of the day.

Sannois, is a small suburb 15 km northwest of the heart of Paris.