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1925

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1940

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, White House

This is a Print. It was created by Childe Hassam. It is dated April 6, 1925 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 9.8 × 14.8 cm (3 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.) 13.8 × 20.5 cm (5 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: "April 6th / CH (in monogram) / 1925"; in graphite, lower right margin: "CH (in monogram) imp"

It is inscribed

Inscribed lower left, in graphite: "White House"

Cite this object as

Print, White House; Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935); USA; etching on paper; Platemark: 9.8 × 14.8 cm (3 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.) 13.8 × 20.5 cm (5 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.); 1940-76-6

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