The Little Pond, Appledore
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)
1890
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Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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Why is it this affordable?
A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
Appledore Island, one of the Isles of Shoals located off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, was the home of poet Celia Thaxter and attracted numerous artists and writers to its rocky shores during the late 19th century. Childe Hassam painted The Little Pond, Appledore during his first summer visit there. After several years of study in Europe, he applied the bright palette, broken brushwork, and dramatic light effects of Impressionist painting to American landscapes.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 40.6 × 55.8 cm (16 × 22 in.)
Museum record · 2 owners · 4 exhibitions
Provenance
- Private collection, by 1929.
- Lauren Jay Drake Jr. (1880–1954), Chicago, by 1954; by descent to his niece, Theresa Mary Drake (1914–1982), San Francisco, by 1954; by descent to Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, New Orleans, 1982; sold to Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1984; sold to Marshall Field, Chicago, 1984; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.
Exhibitions
- New York, Macbeth Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Childe Hassam, N.A. Covering the Period from 1880 to 1919 Together with Etchings, Water Colors and Pastels, Apr. 1929.
- New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, Childe Hassam, An Island Garden Revisited, Apr. 4–June 10, 1990.
- Lugano–Castagnola, Switzerland, Fondazione Thyssen–Bornemisza, American Impressionism, July 22–Oct. 28, 1990.
- Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals, Mar. 20–Nov. 6, 2016; Salem, NC,, Peabody Essex Museum, July 16–Nov. 6, 2016.
