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Fifth Avenue Nocturne

c. 1895

Childe Hassam

(American, 1859–1935)
America, late 19th Century
oil on canvas
Framed: 75.6 x 66 x 7.6 cm (29 3/4 x 26 x 3 in.); Unframed: 61.2 x 51 cm (24 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1952.538
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The artist was nicknamed "Muley" for his stubbornly held opinions.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 545 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 189 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 189 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 234 archive.org
    Valance, Hélène. Nuits américaines: l'art du nocturne aux États-Unis, 1890-1917. Paris: PUPS, 2015. Reproduced: p. 282, fig. 126
    Valance, Hélène and Jane Marie Todd. Nocturne: Night in American Art, 1890-1917. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. Mentioned; p; 179, 183; reproduced: p. 180, fig. 128
    Clayson, Hollis. Illuminated Paris: Essays on Art and Lighting in the Belle Époque. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 151, fig. 5.15
  • After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (November 22, 2003-February 8, 2004); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (March 13-June 6, 2004).
    High Museum of Art (11/15/2003 - 2/8/2004) and Detroit Institute of Arts (3/6/2004 - 5/30/2004): "After Whistler" exh. cat no. 43, p. 194-195.
    Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, A Nation's Legacy: 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections (19 January-15 March 1992); traveled to Tokyo, The Isetan Museum (9 April-5 May 1992); to Yamaguchi, The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art (12 May-21 June 1992); to Fukushima, The Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art (27 June-2 August 1992); to Takamatsu, The Takamatsu City Museum of Art (7 August-6 September 1992); to Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda (23 September-5 October 1992); cat. no. 38, illus. p. 65.
    Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fraternité: Artistic Relations Between France and America (21 July-18 October 1987), Gallery A; no cat.
    Cincinnati, The Taft Museum, Night Lights: 19th and 20th Century American Nocturne Paintings (2 May-30 June 1985), illus. p. 12, not numbered.
    San Francisco, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Color of Mood: American Tonalism 1880-1910 (22 January-2 April 1972), cat. no. 17, not illus.
    The Color of Mood: American Tonalism 1880 - 1910. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (January 15-April 2, 1972).
    Impressionism and its Roots. University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA (organizer) (November 8-December 6, 1964).
    Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 83.
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