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William Merritt Chase, oil on canvas 22x 18 Port

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William Merritt Chase, oil on canvas 22x 18 Port
<B>WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (American, 1849-1916)</B></I><BR><I>Portrait of Esther M. Groome, </B></I>circa 1912<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm)<BR>Signed center left: <I>Chase</B></I><BR> <BR>LITERATURE:<BR>R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase, Yale University Press, 2006, O.P. 541, illus.<BR><BR>Esther M. Groome was the classroom monitor of the summer classes Chase taught in Holland and Belgium in 1912. This portrait was most likely painted for demonstration purposes during an afternoon session. It is unclear if the sitter is indeed Mrs. Esther M. Groome, as she would have been around fifty-five years old at the time this was completed, and the sitter appears significantly younger. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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