Young Girl

细节

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
Young Girl
signed 'Chase' (upper left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

来源

Elena Scripps Kellogg, student of the artist.
The Scripps Home, Altadena, California.
Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 1984, lot 141.
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York.

出版

Berry-Hill Galleries, American Paintings IV, New York, 1986, p. 80, illustrated

拍品专文

Executed circa 1900.

This work was presumably a demonstration piece, executed by Chase in roughly an hour's time to illustrate the technique of "alla prima" painting. Ron Pisano writes, "Chase's demonstration pieces are his most spontaneous works; and when successful (as in this work), they have a freshness, boldness and sureness...unrivaled by any of his contemporaries."

According to Mr. Frederick Baker, the present work is included in the files of authentic works by William Merritt Chase compiled by Ronald G. Pisano and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's works.