LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pastel on paper laid down on canvas

Size Notes:

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)

Description:

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Exhibited:

(Possibly) Syracuse, New York, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, n.d. (Possibly) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McGlees Gallery, Exhibition of the Works of William Merritt Chase, March 1905, no. 29. Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Museum of Art, Selected Works from the Benenson Collection: An Exhibition of Works from the Private Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Benenson, 1976, n.p., illustrated.

Literature:

"Paintings Sold at Auction: 1916-1917," American Art Annual, vol. 14, 1917, p. 345. John Herron Art Museum, "Check List of Known Works by William Merritt Chase," Chase Centennial Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1949, n.p. R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors, and Prints, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, p. 44, no. P.98, illustrated.

Provenance:

The artist. Estate of the above. American Art Galleries, New York, The Completed Pictures, Studies and Sketches Left by the Late William Merritt Chase, N.A., 14-17 May 1917, lot 266, sold by the above. Alfred Rose, New York, acquired from the above. Schweitzer Gallery, New York. Edward Benenson, New York, acquired from the above, 1974. Estate of the above. Donation to the present owner from the above.