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The Service Flag

Childe Hassam American, 1859-1935
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About the Artwork

The Service Flag

1915

Childe Hassam

1859-1935

American

Unknown

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

Image: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 inches (29.5 × 22.9 cm)

Prints

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam

40.114

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed and dated, on stone, lower left: Childe Hassam July 21, 1915

Inscribed, on stone, lower right: [illegible notation] Inscribed, in pencil, bottom left edge: Service Flag Inscribed, in green pencil, lower left corner: 812 [circled]

Mark, in pencil, lower right: [artist's monogram]

Provenance

1940-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Childe Hassam, The Service Flag, 1915, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam, 40.114.

The Service Flag
The Service Flag