Portrait of William Merritt Chase
Artist
Edward Steichen
(American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1906
MediumGum bichromate over platinum print
DimensionsImage: 19 11/16 × 15 3/4 inches (50.01 × 40.01 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.48 × 40.64 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.48 × 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.48 × 40.64 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.48 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.284
SignedSigned and dated on image recto, lower right, in green pencil: “STEICHEN / [?, possibly MDCCCC] ”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower right, in pencil: “ 2” ” / Steichen / “A 2” 23 1/6-23 1/2 -29 / St 15’/2+19 ½”
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DescriptionProfile portrait of bearded artist, William Merritt Chase, wearing glasses and formal attire which includes top hat, suit, and coat with fur collar. He’s holding a cigarette in his right hand.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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