Lot 86
  • 86

William Merritt Chase 1849-1916

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Merritt Chase
  • Villa in Florence
  • signed Wm. M. Chase, l.r.
  • oil on panel
  • 11 3/4 by 16 in.
  • (29.8 by 40.6 cm)
  • Painted circa 1909.

Provenance

Private collection, Virginia
Sale: Christie's, New York, December 3, 1982, lot 149, illustrated in color
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Private collection, Amarillo, Texas

Exhibited

New York, Kennedy Galleries, American Portrait, Landscape, Seascape, Still Life and Genre Paintings from 1770 to 1922, November-December 1983, no. 49, illustrated
Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo Art Center, Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Contemporaries, September-December 1985, p. 51, pl. 29, illustrated

Condition

Very good condition; isolated craquelure in sky, under UV: thin horizontal line of retouching along center right edge, some other minor retouches in sky.
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