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1931

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1940

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Print, Beech Trees and Obelisk, Central Park

This is a Print. It was created by Childe Hassam. It is dated November 20, 1931 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is etching on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 26.2 × 16.2 cm (10 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.) Sheet: 31.9 × 19.7 cm (12 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: Nov 20 / N CH [in monogram] Y / 1931; in graphite, lower right margin: CH [in monogram] imp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Beech Trees and Obelisk, Central Park; in graphite, lower center: 902HA

Cite this object as

Print, Beech Trees and Obelisk, Central Park; Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935); USA; etching on wove paper; Platemark: 26.2 × 16.2 cm (10 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.) Sheet: 31.9 × 19.7 cm (12 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.); 1940-76-9

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