Fifth Avenue, noon

Fifth Avenue, noon

Item Information

Title:
Fifth Avenue, noon
Description:
A view of Fifth Avenue in sunlight looking north from 34th Street. The roadway crowded with buses, cabs, and automobiles, and the sidewalks with pedestrians.
Artist:
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935
Name on Item:
CH imp
Date:
April 1, 1916
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Commercial streets
City & town life
Vehicles
Pedestrians
Places:
New York > New York
Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, New York, NY
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 25 x 19 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ft849011j
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Cortissoz: C. 77
Additional information accompanying item: Signed C.H. April 1, 1916 on base of building to left. Done from nature from a window at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. First state, before the plate was cut down on the left to 71/4 inches, leaving the unbroken contour of the wall of the Altman Building. About 20 proofs.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; January 1951
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Cortissoz, Royal. "Catalogue of the etchings and dry-points of Childe Hassam, N. A." Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, New York.
Leonard Clayton Gallery. "Handbook of the complete set of etchings and drypoints, with 25 illustrations, of Childe Hassam, N.A." The Leonard Clayton Gallery, Inc., 1933, New York.
Notes (object):
First state.
Fine line etching.
Identifier:
18_20_000032
Barcode:
36666003817232