Details
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
Portrait of Miss L. (Portrait of Miss Lawrence)
signed 'Wm M. Chase.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 ¹/₂ x 32 ³/₄ in. (130.8 x 83.2 cm.)
Painted in 1892.
Provenance
The artist.
(Probably) Miss Angelica Hamilton Lawrence, acquired from the above.
(Probably) Private collection, by descent from the above.
Private collection, Newport, Rhode Island, 1995.
Adelson Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1996.
Literature
"National Academy Exhibition," Art Amateur, vol. XXVI, no. 6, May 1892, p. 141.
New York Times, April 1892.
"Monthly Record of American Art," Magazine of Art, vol. XV, December 1891-November 1892, p. xxii.
"Pictures Accepted in New York," Art Amateur, vol. XXVIII, no. 4, March 1893, p. 116 (as Portrait of Miss Lawrence).
K.L. Bryant, Jr., William Merritt Chase: A Genteel Bohemian, Columbia, Missouri, 1991,
R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil, vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, pp. 104-05, no. OP.189, illustrated.
Exhibition
New York, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1892, no. 80.
Chicago, Illinois, World's Columbian Exhibition, 1893, no. 252.
Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Art Association, 1st Annual Exhibition, January 22-February 22, 1895, no. 210.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; Venice, Italy, Ca'Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, June 4, 2016-May 28, 2017, pp. 158, 220, pl. 58, illustrated.
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum, A Shared Love: Treasures of American Painting (1878-1919) from the Carol and Terry Wall Collection, May 15, 2024-February 16, 2025.
