Childe Hassam in Paris

Published on 27 May 2022, by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

Auction on 05 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 2400, Market Street - 19103 Philadelphie

This is one of the most important paintings from Childe Hassam's Parisian period. Maud, his wife, poses in the garden for a monumental oil painting with an impressionistic touch.

Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Mme Hassam dans son Jardin (Mrs. Hassam in Her Garden),... Childe Hassam in Paris

Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Mme Hassam dans son Jardin (Mrs. Hassam in Her Garden), Villiers-le-Bel, signed and dated 'Childe Hassam/Paris 1889', oil on canvas, 91.8 x 129.6 cm/35.8 x 50.8 in.
Estimate: $2/3 M

This large oil on canvas is a privileged, almost intimate moment shared with the artist's wife, Maud Hassam. We discover her sitting in profile in her garden in Villiers-le-Bel, where the couple stayed between 1887 and 1889. Part of a series of paintings depicting female…

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