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William Merritt Chase 1849 - 1916
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- William Merritt Chase
- Wheat Field
- signed Wm. M. Chase and dedicated To My friend St. John ..., l.r.
- oil on canvas
- 32 by 48 1/4 in.
- (81.3 by 122.6 cm)
- Painted circa 1884.
Provenance
Sale: American Art Galleries, New York, March 2-26, 1915
Henry Schultheis (acquired at the above sale)
Holland Galleries, New York
John F. Braun, Merion, Pennsylvania (sold: Kende Galleries, New York, January 16, 1942, illustrated)
Renaissance Galleries, New York, 1951
Acquired by the present owner from the above (probably)
Henry Schultheis (acquired at the above sale)
Holland Galleries, New York
John F. Braun, Merion, Pennsylvania (sold: Kende Galleries, New York, January 16, 1942, illustrated)
Renaissance Galleries, New York, 1951
Acquired by the present owner from the above (probably)
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930
Literature
Wilber D. Peat, "Check List of Known Work by William M. Chase," Chase Centennial Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1949 (as Wheat Field)
Ronald G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: Landscapes in Oil, vol. 3, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009, no. L45, illustrated p. 28