Maud Sewing
- Date
- 1883
- Material
- Watercolor and graphite
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (35.4 × 25.2 cm)
framed: 24 × 19 1/2 × 3 in. (61 × 49.5 × 7.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Bequest of Marie Setz Hertslet
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 120:1972
NOTES
This watercolor is a superb example of the early work of the American Impressionist Childe Hassam. It is a portrait of his soon-to-be wife, Kathleen Maud Doane, sewing in bed. Maud lived in Hassam's hometown of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was a family friend. He painted this watercolor of her a year before their marriage, when he was only twenty-four. Hassam captures Maud propped up in bed, taking a moment to look up from her sewing and think. He creates a warm and intimate setting by deftly capturing the patterns of the fabrics and woodwork in muted tones of ochres, browns, and yellows.
Provenance
- 1968
Mrs. Alexander B. Thaw (née Florence Dow), gift from the artist; Mrs. Cord Meyer, by inheritance [1]
1968 - 1969
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, NY, acquired from Mrs. Cord Meyer [2]
1969 - 1972
G. Gordon Hertslet (1901-1979) and Marie Setz Hertslet (d.1972), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Hirschl and Adler Galleries [3]
1972 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Marie Setz Hertslet [4]
Notes:
This provenance is based on the research of Stuart Feld, which will be published in the forthcoming Hassam catalogue raisonné [letter dated January 24, 2003, SLAM document files]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Mrs. Cord Meyer was the daughter of Mrs. Alexander B. Thaw.
[2] Hirschl and Adler acquired the painting from Mrs. Cord Meyer on May 17, 1968 and sold it to G. Gordon and Marie Setz Hertslet on March 26, 1969.
[3] See note [2] Records show that the piece was possibly purchased from "A Collector's Choice (A Sales Exhibition to Benefit the City Art Museum)" [appraisal record, SLAM document files]. However correspondence between SLAM and Hirschl & Adler Galleries suggests that the work was purchased on March 26, 1969 [letter dated January 24, 2003].
[4] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Saint Louis Art Museum, July 20, 1972.
Mrs. Alexander B. Thaw (née Florence Dow), gift from the artist; Mrs. Cord Meyer, by inheritance [1]
1968 - 1969
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, NY, acquired from Mrs. Cord Meyer [2]
1969 - 1972
G. Gordon Hertslet (1901-1979) and Marie Setz Hertslet (d.1972), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Hirschl and Adler Galleries [3]
1972 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Marie Setz Hertslet [4]
Notes:
This provenance is based on the research of Stuart Feld, which will be published in the forthcoming Hassam catalogue raisonné [letter dated January 24, 2003, SLAM document files]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Mrs. Cord Meyer was the daughter of Mrs. Alexander B. Thaw.
[2] Hirschl and Adler acquired the painting from Mrs. Cord Meyer on May 17, 1968 and sold it to G. Gordon and Marie Setz Hertslet on March 26, 1969.
[3] See note [2] Records show that the piece was possibly purchased from "A Collector's Choice (A Sales Exhibition to Benefit the City Art Museum)" [appraisal record, SLAM document files]. However correspondence between SLAM and Hirschl & Adler Galleries suggests that the work was purchased on March 26, 1969 [letter dated January 24, 2003].
[4] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Saint Louis Art Museum, July 20, 1972.
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