Looking Into Beryl Pool

Artist/Culture Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)

Date1912

Mediumwatercolor on medium thick, slightly textured, off-white wove paper

Dimensions27.6 x 38.8 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsWatercolors

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Charlotte E.W. Buffington

Terms

Object number1935.53

Label TextHassam often summered on Appledore, one of the Isles of Shoals in the Gulf of Maine. In the summer of 1912, he explored the island’s perimeter, specifically an inlet on its northeastern edge. Lyman’s Pool and Looking into Beryl’s Pool are two of the four watercolors he made at the site. Favoring watercolor as he worked en plein air, Hassam appreciated the medium’s portability and luminosity.ProvenanceMontross Gallery, New York; Mrs. Charlotte E. W. Buffington, Worcester, until 1935; bequest of Mrs. Charlotte E. W. Buffington 1935;

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