Detail View: The AMICA Library: Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1994.567
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Hassam, Childe
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1859-1935
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Childe Hassam
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Title:
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Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1890
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Creation Start Date:
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1890
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Creation End Date:
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1890
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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17 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (45.1 x 54.6 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1994.567
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Credit Line:
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Partial and Promised Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1994
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Rights:
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Context:
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This painting is one of the finest of a series of works that Hassam made during summers in the 1890s on Appledore Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, which lie ten miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This series portrays the sumptuous wildflower garden cultivated by his friend, poet Celia Thaxter, a garden that provided a marvelous contrast to the rugged terrain of the island itself. In this painting, vibrant red poppies entangled in lush green foliage introduce a view of bleached Babb's Rock. The painting shows Hassam at the height of his creativity as an American Impressionist. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ap1994.567.R.tif
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