William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)

Young Girl on Ocean Steamer

by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)

Medium DetailPastel on paper
Dimensions29 x 24 inches
Signed LocationCenter right
Date Createdc. 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.
CommentsExhibited: 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].

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