Portrait of a Child (Dorothy Brémond Chase)

Details

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
Portrait of a Child (Dorothy Brémond Chase)
signed 'Wm M. Chase.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
18 ¾ x 15 in. (47.6 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1899.

Provenance

Private collection.
Jean-Pierre and Barbara Guillaume, Atlanta, Georgia, by 2006.
John G. Hagan, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999.

Literature

R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil, vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, p. 148, no. OP.274, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, Grand Central Galleries, Inc., William M. Chase/Robert Henri: Two American Masters, October 25-November 30, 1985 (as Portrait of Dorothy).

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts one of the artist's favorite models, his daughter Dorothy Brémond Chase. Dorothy is featured in many works by Chase, including Dorothy (1902, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana) and My Little Daughter Dorothy (circa 1894, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan).

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