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Afternoon in the Park
Details
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
Afternoon in the Park
signed 'Wm M. Chase.' (lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on canvas
19 x 15 ¼ in. (48.3 x 38.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1888.
Afternoon in the Park
signed 'Wm M. Chase.' (lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on canvas
19 x 15 ¼ in. (48.3 x 38.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1888.
Provenance
(Possibly) F.H. Howell.
J.M. Lichtenauer, New York.
Estate of the above.
American Art Association, American Art Galleries, New York, 27 February 1913, lot 49, sold by the above.
C.B. Ames, acquired from the above.
Charlotte V. Bergen, Bernardsville, New Jersey.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 December 1982, lot 30, sold by the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Edward and Deborah Shein, New York, acquired from the above, 1986.
Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 2002, lot 29, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
J.M. Lichtenauer, New York.
Estate of the above.
American Art Association, American Art Galleries, New York, 27 February 1913, lot 49, sold by the above.
C.B. Ames, acquired from the above.
Charlotte V. Bergen, Bernardsville, New Jersey.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 December 1982, lot 30, sold by the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Edward and Deborah Shein, New York, acquired from the above, 1986.
Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 2002, lot 29, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
R.G. Pisano, A Leading Spirit in American Art: William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916, Seattle, Washington, 1983, p. 75, illustrated.
R.G. Pisano, Summer Afternoons: Landscape Paintings of William Merritt Chase, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993, p. 67, illustrated.
G. Gluek, "Two Painters, Far Apart, Intersect in Brooklyn," New York Times, May 26, 2000, pp. E31, E34, illustrated.
B.B. Stretch, "Sunday in the Park," ArtNews, October 2000, pp. 155-56, illustrated.
R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors and Prints, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, p. 25, no. P.57, illustrated (as Untitled (Lady Out of Doors) (Afternoon in the Park?)).
R.G. Pisano, Summer Afternoons: Landscape Paintings of William Merritt Chase, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993, p. 67, illustrated.
G. Gluek, "Two Painters, Far Apart, Intersect in Brooklyn," New York Times, May 26, 2000, pp. E31, E34, illustrated.
B.B. Stretch, "Sunday in the Park," ArtNews, October 2000, pp. 155-56, illustrated.
R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors and Prints, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, p. 25, no. P.57, illustrated (as Untitled (Lady Out of Doors) (Afternoon in the Park?)).
Exhibited
(Possibly) New York, American Art Galleries, Fifth Prize Fund Exhibition, 1889, no. 65.
(Possibly) New York, American Art Association, American Art Galleries, Exhibition and Sale of Paintings by J.W. Champney, W.M. Chase, C.M. Dewey, C.H. Easton, F.K.M. Rehn, F.D. Millet, Robert Minor, H.R. Poore, Frederic Remington, Carleton Wiggins, April 20, 1890, no. 231.
Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, William Merritt Chase: Modern Landscapes, 1886-1890, May 26, 2000-March 11, 2001, pp. 78, 146-47, 150, 160n45, 160n47, 184-85, pl. 48, illustrated.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, June 4, 2016-January 16, 2017, pp. 124, 219, pl. 31, illustrated (as Untitled (Lady Out of Doors)).
(Possibly) New York, American Art Association, American Art Galleries, Exhibition and Sale of Paintings by J.W. Champney, W.M. Chase, C.M. Dewey, C.H. Easton, F.K.M. Rehn, F.D. Millet, Robert Minor, H.R. Poore, Frederic Remington, Carleton Wiggins, April 20, 1890, no. 231.
Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, William Merritt Chase: Modern Landscapes, 1886-1890, May 26, 2000-March 11, 2001, pp. 78, 146-47, 150, 160n45, 160n47, 184-85, pl. 48, illustrated.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, June 4, 2016-January 16, 2017, pp. 124, 219, pl. 31, illustrated (as Untitled (Lady Out of Doors)).
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