Landscape, Land of Nod
PrintmakerDrawn on stone by
Childe Hassam
American, 1859 - 1935
Date1918
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 x 14 1/8in. (22.9 x 35.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 18in. (29.2 x 45.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 18in. (29.2 x 45.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA dirt road leads between small hills, presumably fields or pastures. Fence posts are visible at the right. A few trees dot the landscape. The roofs of three buildings are just visible above the hills in the background.
Object number2006.68.2
MarkingsOld label affixed to new mat is printed in black ink, "The City Library Association, Springfield / Museum of Fine Arts". Typed in black ink on the label is, "Landscape, Land of Nod / Childe Hassam / 1859-1935 / Gift of Mrs. Hassam / Lithograph / 40.D19".Another old label affixed to new mat is typed in black ink, "Landscape, Land of Nod / a lithograph by / Childe Hassam, American 1859-1935 / Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam".InscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil, "Landscape Land of Nod / June 15, 1918"; lower right, in pencil, "40.D19".
On verso, lower right, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The Land of Nod refers to the part of Branchville (Ridgefield), Connecticut, where the home and studio of Hassam's fellow artist, J. Alden Weir, was located. (Finlay 2/16/2007)
On View
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Charles T. Stuart
1892-1902
