Ms. Helen Dixon

Details

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
Ms. Helen Dixon
oil on canvas
60 x 36 in. (152.4 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1905.

Provenance

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Christie's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 184A.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

W. Peat, Checklist of Known Works by W.M. Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, n.d.
John Herron Art Museum, Chase Centennial Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1949, listed in checklist.
Akron Art Museum, William Merritt Chase Portraits, exhibition catalogue, Akron, Ohion, 1982, p. 31, illustrated.

Exhibited

Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Museum, William Merritt Chase Portraits, 1982.

Sale room notice

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Lot Essay

The present work was most likely commissioned by Helen Dixon's father, Thomas Henry Dixon, to commemorate her entrance into Philadelphia Society.

According to Mr. Frederick Baker, the present work is included in Ronald Pisano's complete catalogue of known and documented works by William Merrritt Chase, 1849-1916, vol. II.

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