Flags on the Waldorf
Object Details
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Date
1916
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Object Type
Paintings
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Medium
Oil on canvas
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Dimensions
36 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
signed and dated l.l.: Childe Hassam 1916
Verso:
u.l.: C.H.[monogram circled] \ 1916
u.c. on stretcher, in graphite: Flag Series
u.c. label on stretcher, printed: FLAGS ON THE WALDORF 1916 [typewritten] \ by CHILDE HASSAM [typewritten] \ THE MILCH GALLERIES \ AMERICAN ART \ Paintings -- Watercolors \ Restoration \ 55 East 57th St. New York 22, N.Y.
u.c. label on stretcher, in ink: Flags on the Waldorf \ 1916 \ 30 x 37
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
1985.301
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Copyright
Public domain
Object Description
Additional details
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How do artists make patriotic statements?
What does it mean to be patriotic, and how can that be conveyed through art?
What is Impressionism and what techniques do impressionist artists use?
How do artists engage with historical and contemporary events?
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Grades K–5
Read the poem “The Fourth” in Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein. Then let students listen to familiar sounds or songs related to patriotic celebrations (fireworks, parades, the national anthem, a John Phillip Sousa march, etc.). Ask students to describe the sounds they hear. After playing all the sounds, have students use a flag-shaped cutout to write sound words that reflect what they have just heard.
All Levels
Activity 1
Have students use red and blue colored pencils to make an impressionist drawing of an American flag. Remind students to avoid outlines and to make short strokes with their pencils.Activity 2
Invite students to design a new flag for the United States that does not include the traditional stars and stripes. Encourage students to think about what shapes, symbols, and colors they would use. They may even include words. Also have students consider what makes our larger community, the nation, unique from all the other nations in the world. What comes to mind when thinking of the United States?
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