Lafayette Street
Artist
Childe Hassam
(American, 1859 - 1935)
Date1918
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 × 11 inches (36.83 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Childe Hassam
Object number40-28/17
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Gallery LabelChilde Hassam prominently placed an American flag near the center of this print. This gesture may affirm his support for the war. He described American involvement as a morally imperative “fight for democracy” throughout the world. Following the United States’ entry into World War I, flags of the Allied Nations festooned New York City streets such as the one shown here. Depictions of the modern city filled with skyscrapers and decorated with flags became a major theme for Hassam.
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