Lot 78
  • 78

CHILDE HASSAM | A Rainy Day in Boston

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Childe Hassam
  • A Rainy Day in Boston
  • signed Childe Hassam with the artist's crescent device and dated 85 (lower right)
  • watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board
  • 9 7/8 by 14 inches
  • (25.1 by 35.6 cm)

Provenance

Agnes Abbott, Boston, Massachusetts
Estate of the above
The Crane Collection, Boston, Massachusetts
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992

Condition

The paper is laid down on board which is hinged to the mat at two places along the reverse of top edge. There appears to be mat burn at the extreme edges and there is a repaired tear at the lower right edge beneath the mat. The sheet is slightly toned and some pigments appear to be faded.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in Stuart P. Feld's and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonnĂ© of the artist's work.