SOLD Pan and the Pepperidge Tree, 1921
by Childe Hassam (1859–1935)7⅞ x 26 3/16 inches
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower left: Childe Hassam 1921 / Montauk; on verso: C.H. / 1921
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Provenance
Milch Galleries, New York, New York
Hersey Egginton, New York
Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, New York, February 24, 1954, lot 81
George Martin Jr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, acquired from above
Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, New York, February 18, 1960, lot 183
Mr. Bernett Walker, La Jolla, California, acquired from above
Nathan Berke, San Francisco, California
Private collection, by descent from above
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, December 1, 2004, lot 155, from above (as The Pepperidge Tree (Pan))
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above
Private collection, Enola, Pennsylvania, acquired from above, 2009
Related Works
Montauk, 1921, oil on panel, 6⅞ x 17 11/16 inches, signed and dated lower left: Childe Hassam Montauk, July 1921; Brooklyn Museum, New York
Adam and Eve Walking Out on Montauk in Early Spring, 1924, oil on panel, 33½ x 77 inches; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Note: In his Montauk paintings, Hassam viewed the shores of Long Island in classical terms. The critic Royal Cortissoz commented, “It has appealed to his fancy to visualize in this land of dunes and sea something of the form and movement which we associate with the age of Pericles. Nature and myth are conjoined in his work...It is all rather daring–and successful.”[1] To Hassam, the landscape had an unspoiled, timeless beauty.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work by Stuart P. Feld and Kathleen Burnside.
[1] H. Barbara Weinberg, Childe Hassam: American Impressionist (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004), 244.Artist Biography
The premier American Impressionist painter of New York City
By Alexandra A. Jopp
Childe Hassam, often referred to as the “American Monet,” is one of the most admired American Impressionists, famous for his New York City street scenes, coastal views, and rural landscapes of New England.
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