LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

22.01 in. (55.90 cm.) (height) by 15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Chase (upper left); also titled Sketch for portrait of/mother + child and signed again W.M. Chase (on the reverse)

Literature:

Ronald G. Pisano, . William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil; The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) , vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, no. OP.582, pp. 272-73, illustrated

Provenance:

Estate of the artist (sold: American Art Galleries, New York, May 14, 1917, lot 73). Private collection. Berry-Hill Galleries, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997