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Edward Steichen

Artist William Merritt Chase (American, 1849 - 1916)
Date1903
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 32 1/8 × 26 1/8 inches (81.6 × 66.36 cm)
Framed: 40 5/8 × 34 1/8 inches (103.19 × 86.68 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Jones
Object number33-1600
SignedSigned lower right: Wm M Chase
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionPortrait of a gentaleman wearing white collar; dark background; seated proper right, face turned toward spectator.Published References

"The American Artists: First Notice," New York Times, 28 March 1903, 5;

"American Artists Open Annual Show," New York Herald, 28 March 1903, 11;

"Art," Mail and Express (New York), 28 March 1903, 14;

"Society of American Artists," Mail and Express Illustrated Saturday Magazine (New York), 28 March 1903, 10;

"Society of American Artists: First Notice," Sun (New York), 29 March 1903, 7;

B. F., "American Artists: First Notice," Evening Post (New York), 1 April 1903, 4;

"The American Artists: Third Notice," New York Times, 5 April 1903, 7;

Charles H. Caffin, "American Studio Talk: Exhibitions of the Society of American Artists," International Studio 19 (May 1903), cxxv;

Twenty-fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists, exh. cat. (New York: Society of American Artists, 1903), 28 (as Portrait of Eduard J. Steichen);

"Academy of Fine Arts, 73rd Annual Exhibition," Daily News (Philadelphia), 23 January 1904, 23 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

"Art Academy Show to Open To-Night," Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia), 23 January 1904, 5 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

"The Greatest Portrait Show Ever in This Country," Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia), 23 January 1904, 6;

"Academy's Fine Exhibition," Philadelphia Press, 24 January 1904, 6;

"American Art Gems Are Placed on Show," North American (Philadelphia), 24 January 1904, 8;

"Art in Philadelphia," New York Daily Tribune, 24 January 1904, 11;

"A Fine Lot of Pictures, Noteworthy Canvases at the Academy's Annual Exhibition," Philadelphia Record, 24 January 1904, 24;

"Die jährliche Ausstellung in der Academy of Fine Arts eröffnet," Die Neue Welt (Philadelphia), 24 January 1904, 6;

"Notable Paintings at the Annual Exhibition of the Academy," Philadelphia Sunday Press, 24 January 1904, 6;

"Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 73rd Annual Exhibition," Public Ledger (Philadelphia), 24 January 1904, 9-10 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

"Pennsylvania Art Show," New York Times, 24 January 1904, 5;

"Philadelphia Art Exhibition Ready," New York Herald, 24 January 1904, 14;

"Private Glimpse of Art Display at the Academy To-Morrow," Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 January 1904, sec. 2D, 15;

Arthur Hoeber, "Philadelphia Academy," Boston Evening Transcript, 25 January 1904, 10;

"Art Exhibit at Philadelphia," Commercial Advertiser (New York), 25 January 1904, 7;

W[illiam] A. C[offin], "The Philadelphia Academy," Evening Post (New York), 30 January 1904, 10 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

"Art Topics," Washington Post, 31 January 1904, A8;

"Further Look at Academy's Seventy-third Exhibition," Philadelphia Inquirer, 31 January 1904, sec. 2D, 12;

Arthur Z. Bateman, "Fine Arts Exhibition at Philadelphia," Brush and Pencil 13 (February 1904), 387 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

"The Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," Sketch Book 3 (April 1904), 237;

Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Universal Exposition St. Louis, U.S.A., exh. cat., 1st ed. (St. Louis: Official Catalogue Company, 1904), 25 (as Portrait of Mr. Steichen);

Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Universal Exposition St. Louis, U.S.A., exh. cat., rev. ed. (St. Louis: Offi cial Catalogue Company, 1904), 25 (as Portrait of Mr. Steichen);

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 73rd Annual Exhibition, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1904), 10, pl.;

Catalogue of the Fine Arts Exhibit of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, exh. cat. (Portland, Ore.: Albert Hess, 1905), 28;

Official Catalogue for the Department of the Fine Arts, Section A, exh. cat. (Portland, Ore.: Albert Hess, 1905), 31;

"Art at Home and Abroad," New York Times, 24 March 1912, SM15;

G. Mortimer Marke, "The National Association of Portrait Painters: A New American Group," Arts and Decoration 2 (May 1912), 259;

James William Pattison, "National Association of Portrait Painters," Fine Arts Journal 27 (July 1912), 437-38 (as Portrait of Edouard Steichen);

Catalogue of the Exhibition of the National Association of Portrait Painters, Inc., exh. cat. (New York: National Association of Portrait Painters, 1912), unpaginated;

Clara T. MacChesney, "Ten American Artists Honored," New York Times, 8 August 1915, 42;

John E. D. Trask and J. Nilsen Laurvik, eds., Catalogue de Luxe of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1915), 1:221, 2:298 (as Steichen);

Official Catalogue (Illustrated) of the Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition (With Awards) San Francisco, California, exh. cat. (San Francisco: Wahlgreen Company, 1915), 71, 126 (as Steichen);

Illustrated Catalogue of the Post- Exposition Exhibition in the Department of Fine Arts Panama- Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, California, exh. cat. (San Francisco: San Francisco Art Association, 1916), 55 (as Steichen);

Katherine Metcalf Roof, The Life and Art of William Merritt Chase (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917), 288;

"Paintings Selected from Large Number Purchased from Artist's Widow," San Diego Union, 6 November 1927, 22 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

A Collection of Paintings by William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916, exh. cat. (San Diego: Fine Arts Society of San Diego, 1927), unpaginated;

E. M. P., "Art Museum," Portland (Ore.) News, 8 February 1928, 6 (as Portrait of Edward Steichen);

Elizabeth Hailey, "Memorial Exhibit Shown in Portland," Sunday Oregonian (Portland), 12 February 1928, 12 (as Edward Steicher);

A Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of William Merritt Chase at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, exh. cat. (New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1928), 30;

"Liberal with Art," Kansas City Star, 1 January 1936, 8;

NAMA 1940, 24;

NAMA 1941, 166;

Chase Centennial Exhibition Commemorating the Birth of William Merritt Chase November 1, 1849, exh. cat. (Indianapolis: John Herron Art Museum, 1949), unpaginated;

NAMA 1959, 255;

Abraham David Milgrome, "The Art of William Merritt Chase," Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1969, 196;

NAMA 1973, 251;

William Merritt Chase: Portraits, exh. cat. (Akron, Ohio: Akron Art Museum, 1982), 44n20;

NAMA 1991, 47-48;

Keith L. Bryant Jr., William Merritt Chase: A Genteel Bohemian (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991), 233, 297n3;

Penelope Niven, Steichen: A Biography (New York: Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 1997), 171;

Bruce Weber and Sarah Kate Gillespie, Chase Inside and Out: The Aesthetic Interiors of William Merritt Chase, exh. cat. (New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 2004), 114-15.

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