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1927

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1940

  • We acquired this object.

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Print, Walt Whitman's House

This is a Print. It was created by Childe Hassam. It is dated June 2, 1927 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: 11.3 × 16.3 cm (4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.) 16.3 × 24.6 cm (6 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: "June 2nd / CH (in monogram) / 1927"; in graphite, lower right margin: "CH (in monogram) imp"

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Walt Whitman's House"

Cite this object as

Print, Walt Whitman's House; Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935); USA; etching on paper; Platemark: 11.3 × 16.3 cm (4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.) 16.3 × 24.6 cm (6 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.); 1940-76-7

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