Young Girl on Ocean Steamer

by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)

Medium Detail	Pastel on paper
Dimensions	29 x 24 inches
Signed Location	Center right
Date Created	c. 1883
Literature	“The Chase Sale,” Art Amateur, April 1887, p. 100 (as Study of a Young Girl on an Ocean Steamer in red dress and black stockings, and orange in her hand). Exhibition Catalogue: South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, 1989. J. Buchanan, American Art Review, Winter 1993, p. 68. Exhibition Catalogue: Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Art, American Dreams:Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection, 1997, pp. 60-61, illustrated in color. T. Armstrong, An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts, Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2001, illustrated p. 131. S. de Vries-Evans, The Impressionist Revealed: Masterpieces from Private Collections, New York, 2003, p. 141. R. G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase - The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolor, and Prints, New York, 2006, no. P.19, illustrated in color p. 9 (as Sketch of a Young Girl on Ocean Steamer). "One Man's Museum," Antiques and Fine Art Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2007, illustrated in color. Exhibition Catalogue: Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, 2016, no. 20, illustrated in color p. 107.
Comments	Exhibited: Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Art Club, Pictures and Sketches by Mr. Wm. M. Chase of New York City Under the Auspices of the American Art Association, November-December 1886, no. 119 (as Study of a Young Girl on an Ocean Steamer). South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, 9 December 1989-4 February 1990. Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Impressions of America: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, 18 June-28 July 1991. Memphis, Tennessee, Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Impressions of America: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, 15 November 1992-17 January 1993. Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, American Traditions: Art from the Collections of Culver Alumni, 12 December 1993-6 March 1994 [Traveled: Indianapolis, Indiana, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art; Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art-Columbus Gallery]. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Art, American Dreams:Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection, 20 September 1997-25 January 1998, pp. 60-61, illustrated in color. Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, 4 June11 September 2016, no. 20, illustrated in color p. 107 [Traveled: Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 9 October 2016-16 January 2017; Venice, Ca' Pesaro-Galleria lnternazionale d'Arte Moderna, 11 February-28 May 2017].