Afternoon Sky, Harney Desert
Childe Hassam, Afternoon Sky, Harney Desert, 1908, oil on canvas, Gift of August Berg, Henrietta E. Failing, Winslow B. Ayer, William D. Wheelwright, I.N. Fleischner, and the D.P. Thompson Estate, public domain, 08.1
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Afternoon Sky, Harney Desert
- Related Titles
alternate: Afternoon Sky, Alkali and Greasewood
- Artist
- Date
1908
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
20 1/8 in x 30 1/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature; date: Childe Hassam 1908, brushed, lower right
- Collection Area
American Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of August Berg, Henrietta E. Failing, Winslow B. Ayer, William D. Wheelwright, I.N. Fleischner, and the D.P. Thompson Estate
- Accession Number
08.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Place Made
Created in and depicts: Oregon
- Related Places
Depicts: Harney
Childe Hassam was the first nationally known artist to paint eastern Oregon’s remote Harney County. In 1908, he spent some few months near Steens Mountain in the company of his friend C.E.S. Wood. Hassam, who loved the excitement of travel and the challenge of painting new vistas, was enchanted by the brilliant colors, beautiful skies, and endless space of this wilderness. He produced more than two-dozen paintings, many of which were bought by Portland families, and Afternoon Sky, Harney Desert became the first original work of art to enter the Museum’s collections.
- Exhibitions
1980 The Phillips Taste in Portland Portland Art Museum
2004 Childe Hassam: Impressionist in the West Portland Art Museum
2015 Paradise: Fallen Fruit Portland Art Museum