William Merritt Chase

Volume 4: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings

Pisano Ronald G., Lane Carolyn K., Baker D. Frederick

This is the fourth and final volume in the complete catalogue of the work of William Merritt Chase (1849-1916). Included in this handsome book are interiors, primarily paintings of his renowned Tenth Street Studio, and still life paintings, in particular his well-known depictions of fish, which were sought after by major collectors and museums at the time they were painted. In addition, the catalogue contains his figure works, copies of paintings by Old Masters including Diego Velazquez, Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Rembrandt van Rijn, and a selection of drawings. Finally, the book features a complete list of auction records during Chase's lifetime. Through painstaking care and research, this volume uncovers previously unattributed and unidentified works by Chase, presenting new revelations and serving as a fitting capstone to this ambitious publishing project.

About the Author

Ronald G. Pisano, who was curator of the Heckscher Museum of Art and director of the Parrish Art Museum, researched and prepared the complete catalogue of Chase's work for over thirty years before his untimely death in 2000.

D. Frederick Baker is a director of the Pisano/Chase Catalogue Raisonne Project.

Carolyn K. Lane is a Ph. D. candidate in American art at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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