Childe Hassam, The South Ledges, Appledore
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Childe Hassam

The South Ledges, Appledore

1913

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
87 × 91.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-140318

Hassam spent many summers on Appledore Island off the coast of Maine. Every year, he and a circle of musicians, writers and other artists made an informal colony based at the home of his friend, the poet Celia Thaxter. In Thaxter's gardens and on the rocky beaches, Hassam used the flickering brushwork and brilliant colors he had adopted in France to capture the spangled light of Appledore's brief…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly

Registry history

  • 1913 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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