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William Merritt Chase, American

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Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (16)

Wind-Swept Sands

1894 · Oil on canvas

87 × 101.5 cm (34 1/4 × 39 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alice

1892 · Oil on canvas

171.8 × 125.4 cm (67 5/8 × 49 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of My Daughter Alice

1890 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 183 x 121.2 cm (72 1/16 x 47 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

1890 · Monotype printed in brown ink on Japanese paper mounted on brown laid paper

27.5 × 36.5 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Old Road to the Sea

1888 · oil on canvas

Framed: 134.3 x 159.7 x 10.8 cm (52 7/8 x 62 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); Former: 118.5 x 144 x 5.5 cm (46 5/8 x 56 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A City Park

1887 · Oil on canvas

34.6 × 49.9 cm (13 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Jester

1885 · etching and drypoint

Sheet: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.); Platemark: 17 x 11.4 cm (6 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Seated

1885 · Brush and black ink on off-white wove paper

42.4 × 34.3 cm (16 11/16 × 13 1/2 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Marine

1883 · oil on wood

Unframed: 23.3 x 31.5 cm (9 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Dora Wheeler

1882 · oil on canvas

Framed: 180.6 x 188.6 x 11 cm (71 1/8 x 74 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 159.8 x 166.4 cm (62 15/16 x 65 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gray Day on the Bay

1881 · oil on wood

Unframed: 23.7 x 34.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Keying Up

1880 · Etching on cream China paper

Image: 15.4 × 9.4 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 17 × 11.5 cm (6 3/4 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 23.4 × 16 cm (9 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Female Heads

1879 · Pen and black ink with oval of graphite, on ivory wove paper

36 × 25.8 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Keying Up: The Court Jester

1875 · Etching on Japanese paper mounted on brown laid paper

26.6 x 16.2 cm (10 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Head of a Bearded Man

1872 · Pen and ink on white paper mounted on brown laid paper

19.3 × 27.2 cm (7 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Head of a Boy

1869 · monotype

Cleveland Museum of Art

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16 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Smithsonian
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7 entries · 1 sources

The Old Road to the Sea
1888 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Jester
1885 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head of a Boy
1869 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Marine
1883 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portrait of My Daughter Alice
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Gray Day on the Bay
1881 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portrait of Dora Wheeler
1882 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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