William Merritt Chase
Landscape: Beach Road

ArtistAmerican, 1849–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Landscape: Beach Road
Datec. 1906
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 24 1/4 × 30 3/16 in. (61.6 × 76.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Collection
Object number2021.103
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceFrom artist’s estate to American Art Galleries, New York, The Paintings and Other Artistic Property, left by the Late William Merritt Chase, lot #276 to Mr. Thomas; Possibly a Seattle Private Collection; The Glanville Collection; Gift of James and Nancy Glanville Collection, 2021
Exhibition HistoryExhibitions and Auctions: AAR '07 #11 as At Shinnecock Hills; CM '08 #7; BFAA '09 #25: NAC '10, possibly #113 as Shinnecock Hills [lent by Mr. Chase]; Csale '17 #276 (fully described) [sold to Mr. Thom for $250].

1907 Art Association of Richmond, Indiana, Annual Exhibition, 1907#11 (as “Shinnecock Hills”)

1908 Cincinnati Museum, 15th Annual Exhibition of American Art, 27 May – 20 July, 1908, #7

1909 Albright Art Gallery, 15 Jan – 14 Feb; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, 3-28 March; St. Louis Museum of Art, April; Cincinnati Museum of Art, 9 Oct – 6 November 1909, A Collection of Oil Paintings by William M. Chase, #25

1910 National Arts Club, New York City, Exhibition of Paintings by William Merritt Chase, 5-13 Jan 1910, possibly #113 as “Shinnecock Hills”

1917 American Art Galleries, NYC, The Paintings and Other Artistic Property, left by the Late William Merritt Chase, N.A., 14-17 May, 1917, #276

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Recto: Signed in lower left: Wm. M. Chase
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Catalogue raisonnéPisano, Ronald G. William Merritt Chase: The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916). Vol. 3: Landscapes in Oil. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2009. p. 140, L. 289.

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