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Easter Morning (Portrait at a New York Window)
1921
This is one of the last in a series of window paintings com- menced around 1910 by the American Impressionist Childe Hassam. In these works, a woman is shown in an elegantly furnished domestic interior, posed near the window that separates her from the public and the urban realm beyond.Â
As in other works in the series, the subject of Easter Morning is bathed in a glowing light. Her loosely fitting garments connote domestic comfort and harmonize tonally with the surrounding decor, which includes an Asian hanging scroll painting, a Baroque-style chair, and a bronze bust by Hassam. She pulls back the curtain to gaze directly out at the Manhat- tan cityscape, and the urban view she beholds contrasts with the domestic interior against which she is silhouetted.
- Artist
- Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
- Title
- Easter Morning (Portrait at a New York Window)
- Date
- 1921
- Place of Creation
- New York
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (93.7 x 65.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Archer M. Huntington to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
- Accession Number
- 1936.9