Two Centuries: American Art

Two Centuries: American Art

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Property of an American Corporation

William Merritt Chase

Untitled (Portrait of Mrs. Chase)

Lot Closed

October 6, 06:58 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an American Corporation

William Merritt Chase

1849 - 1916

Untitled (Portrait of Mrs. Chase)


signed Chase. (lower left)

pastel on tan paper laid down on board

sheet: 10 ¾ by 10 ¾ inches (27.3 by 27.3 cm)

framed: 18 ½ by 18 ¼ inches (47 by 46.4 cm)

Executed circa 1886.

Cadwallader Washburn, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Private collection, Mexico City, Mexico
Private collection, Texas
Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 1989, lot 103)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Ronald G. Pisano, D. Frederick Baker, and Carolyn K. Lane, William Merritt Chase: The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors and Prints; The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, no. P.36, p. 16, illustrated