Stone Fences, Land of Nod
1918
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image (irregular): 22.23 × 29.53 cm (8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.) sheet: 29.05 × 43.82 cm (11 7/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)
Accession Number
2015.19.487
Art Historical Context
**Stone Fences, Land of Nod** *Childe Hassam, 1918* Step into the tranquil world of Childe Hassam, a leading figure in American Impressionism, with his 1918 lithograph *Stone Fences, Land of Nod*. Created on wove paper in black ink, this print (image: 22.23 × 29.53 cm) captures the rugged beauty of rural stone fences snaking through a pastoral landscape. Hassam, known for his luminous depictions of American scenes, used lithography—a planographic printing technique—to achieve painterly effects of texture and tone, translating his outdoor sketching prowess into an intimate, reproducible fo...
About the Artist
Childe Hassam · 1859–1935
Frederick Childe Hassam, born on October 17, 1859, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to a family of New England descent with ties to Nathaniel Hawthorne through his mother, Rosa Delia Hawthorne, displayed an early aptitude for art. After his father's cutlery business was ruined by the Great Boston Fire of 1872, Hassam apprenticed as a wood engraver under George E. Johnson while taking drawing and wate...