Geraniums

Artist Childe Hassam American, 1859 - 1935

Date1888 - 1889

Place of BirthBoston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Place of OriginParis, France

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsStretcher: 18 1/4 × 12 15/16 in. (46.4 × 32.9 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 24 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (62.2 x 48.9 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde

Object number1971.22

On View

On view

Collections

American Paintings & Sculpture

SignedLower left: "Childe Hassam 1888" Signed in monogram and dated on the back in red paint; "CH 1889" (after the addition of more flowers?)

MarkingsTop stretcher, black stencil: "G619", in pencil: "GERANIUMS (88)". Central stretcher, stenciled stamp: "F 4033". Paper label: "Porch of a French country house and gardens - north of at Villiers -le-Bel, and near Paris". Stenciled dealer label in an oval: "Paul Foinet (Van Eyck)/ 54 Rue N.D. des Champs/Toiles & Coleurs Fines". Stamped on verso "1889/Salon". There is an 8x10 black and white print of the reverse side of canvas in the research file. Second copy, before treatment, in the conservation file.

Exhibition HistoryExposition Universelle, Paris, 1889.

"American Impressionism," The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Jan. 3 - March 2, 1980; Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, March 9 - May 4, 1980; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, IL, May 16 - June 22, 1980; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, July 1 - Aug. 31, 1980.

"Down Garden Paths; The Floral Environment in American Art," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 1983; Terra Museum of American Art, Dec. 13, 1983 - Feb. 12, 1984; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 1 - May 27, 1984.

"Childe Hassam: American Impressionist," Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, 1994.

"Family Matters: American Impressionism and Realism," The Hyde Collection, April 27 - July 27, 2003.

"Childe Hassam, American Impressionist," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 9 - September 12, 2004.

"Americans in Paris: 1860-1900," National Gallery of London, February 22 - May 21, 2006; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 25 - September 24, 2006; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 16, 2006 - January 28, 2007.

"Impressionist Gardens," National Galleries of Scotland, July 31 - October 17, 2010; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (exhibited at Fundación Caja Madrid), November 16 - February 13, 2011.

"American Artists in Europe", Whitney-Renz Gallery, The Hyde Collection, February 28 - June 11, 2017Provenanceby 1930, New York, NY, E. & A. Milch Company, Inc. (dealer)
1930, Glens Falls, NY, Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Charlotte P. Hyde)