Description
One of the Isles of Shoals located off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, Appledore Island was the home of the poet Celia Thaxter and attracted numerous artists and writers to its rocky shores during the late 19th century. The Little Pond, Appledore dates from Childe Hassam's first summer sojourn there, after three years spent working in Europe, and reflects his burgeoning interest in the bright palette, broken brushwork, and dramatic light effects of Impressionist painting.
Provenance
Private collection, by 1929 [lent to New York 1929]. Lauren Jay Drake Jr. (1880–1954), Chicago, by 1954; by descent to his niece, Theresa Mary Drake (1914–1982), San Francisco, by 1954; by descent to Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, New Orleans, 1982 [Gwendolyn Boyd’s father, David Boyd, was Theresa Drake's cousin; correspondence from Mr. Andrew Graybar, Dec. 20, 1990, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1984; sold to Marshall Field, Chicago, 1984; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.
Accession Number
105462
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.6 × 55.8 cm (16 × 22 in.)
Classification
painting
Credit Line
Through prior acquisition of the Friends of American Art and the Walter H. Schulze Memorial collections
