Hassam, Childe (1859-1935)
The Mantle Piece
1912
Oil on wood (cigar box lid)
Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob
A young girl, unidentified, stands in front of the fireplace in the best bedroom of Bush-Holley House. The chair to the right is still in the collection of the Historical Society. (Bush-Holley House)
In another small oil study from 1912, this one executed on the reverse of a cigar box lid, Hassam captures a woman standing in front of the prominent Federal fireplace surround in the Best Bedroom of the Holley House. The figure in the painting may be Hassam’s wife Maud; when boarding with the Holleys, Hassam and Maud often preferred to stay in this large well-appointed bedroom on the house’s first floor. (Maggie Dimock)
See also:
• Hassam, Maude (1862-1946)