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William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916) Still Life-Fruit 27 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. framed 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. image 1

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916) Still Life-Fruit 27 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. framed 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. image 2

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916) Still Life-Fruit 27 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. framed 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. image 3

Lot 29

William Merritt Chase
(American, 1849-1916)
Still Life-Fruit 27 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. framed 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

24 May 2023, 12:00 EDT

Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$32,000 inc. premium

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William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)

Still Life-Fruit
signed 'Wm. M. Chase' (lower right), signed 'W.M. Chase' and titled on an original label (encapsulated on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
27 3/4 x 35 1/2 in.
framed 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

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Provenance
Campanile Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, circa 1981.
Hammer Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1984.
Sterling Regal, Inc., New York, by 1988.
A private collection.
Sotheby's New York December 1, 1994, Lot 41.
A private collection.
Sotheby's New York, Two Centuries: American Art, September 29-October 6, 2021, Lot 103.
To the current private collection.

Literature
Elizabeth E. Reed, "Art Exhibition at Kansas City," Brush and Pencil, vol. 9, January 1902, p. 196.
Ronald G. Pisano, D. Frederick Baker, and Carolyn K. Lane, William Merritt Chase: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings: The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase, vol. IV (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2010), no. SL.58, p.28, illustrated.

Exhibitions
Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City Art Club, Fifth Annual Exhibition, 1901, no. 18
New York, Hammer Galleries, Inc., The Gallery Collection: 19th and 20th Century European and American Paintings, winter 1984, illustrated

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