Sylph's Rock, Appledore
Artist
Childe Hassam
(American, 1859–1935)
Date1907
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 63.5 × 76.2 cm (25 × 30 in.)
framed: 94.6 × 108 × 12.7 cm (37 1/4 × 42 1/2 × 5 in.)
framed: 94.6 × 108 × 12.7 cm (37 1/4 × 42 1/2 × 5 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Charlotte E.W. Buffington in memory of her husband
Object number1908.5
Label TextDuring the summers of 1906 and 1907, Hassam painted dramatic scenes of Sylph’s Rock off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at an artist’s colony on Appledore Island. With horizontal brushstrokes of broken colors, Sylph’s Rock depicts reflective light dazzling the massive granite boulder protruding into the ocean, as well as the turbulent waves dashing against its algae-covered ledges. Deeply aware of the transience of nature, Hassam captured Appledore Island at different vantage points and circumstances to explore the idea that no location was ever the same place twice.Provenancepurchased from the artist by Elisha D. Buffington, Worcester, MA, 1907-1908; gifted by Mrs. Elisha D. Buffington (Charlotte E.W.) to the Worcester Art Museum, 1908.On View
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