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This is a drawing of a city street scene. The artwork shows a vibrant urban environment with large flags hanging overhead and people moving along the street. The buildings have detailed architecture and there are many figures engaging in different activities on the sidewalk, creating a dynamic and populated area. The sketch uses loose, expressive lines to give it an energetic feel, capturing the essence of a lively street life.
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This is a drawing of a city street scene. The artwork shows a vibrant urban environment with large flags hanging overhead and people moving along the street. The buildings have detailed architecture and there are many figures engaging in different activities on the sidewalk, creating a dynamic and populated area. The sketch uses loose, expressive lines to give it an energetic feel, capturing the essence of a lively street life.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Avenue of the Allies

Childe Hassam

Date
1918
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 33.34 × 17.78 cm (13 1/8 × 7 in.) sheet: 45.72 × 29.85 cm (18 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.476
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam, 1940)
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • lithograph
  • Flags
  • cityscape
Provenance

the artist, New York; Mrs. Childe Hassam, New York, 1935; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1940; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower left on stone: Childe Hassam / Oct 19th 1918 4 P.M.; lower right in graphite: [the artist's monogram]; lower left edge in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 954 [circled]; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Avenue of the Allies; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #11; upper right verso in red colored pencil by unknown hand: [check mark]

Watermarks

[Shogun paulownia flower, from Japan Paper Company]

NGA object ID 169714. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.