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The Public Garden (Boston Common) (painting). Artist:  Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935, painter. Title:  The Public Garden (Boston Common) (painting). Other Titles:  Boston Common, (paitning). Dates:  ca. 1885. Medium:  Watercolor on paper. Dimensions:  26 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. Description:  Sunny park scene depicting two women with parasols held over their shoulders as they stroll down a garden walkway lined with bare trees and figures seated on benches. A man seated on a bench in the foreground holds a basket on his lap with one resting on the ground beside him. Through the foliage on the left, carriages can be seen traveling down the street in front of a row of brownstones. In the background a church spire rises above red brick buildings on the far side of the park. Subject:  Cityscape -- Massachusetts -- Boston Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Landscape -- Park Figure group Recreation -- Leisure -- Strolling Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Slavin Family, References:  Weinberg, H. Barbara, "Childe Hassam, American Impressionist," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, pg. 47. Adelson, Warren, "Childe Hassam, Impressionist," New York: Abbeville Press, 1999, no. 134. "Childe Hassam: An American Impressionist," New York, NY: Adelson Galleries, Inc., 1999, no. 3. Illustration:  Weinberg, H. Barbara, "Childe Hassam, American Impressionist," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, fig. 41. Adelson, Warren, "Childe Hassam, Impressionist," New York: Abbeville Press, 1999, no. 134. "Childe Hassam: An American Impressionist," New York, NY: Adelson Galleries, Inc., 1999, no. 3. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 8A420010   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 8A420010 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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