Studio Interior

William Merritt Chase

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Richly patterned textiles, framed artworks, and ornamental objects once decorated William Merritt Chase’s famed Tenth Street studio in New York, which doubled as a social space where the artist cultivated and promoted his artistic persona. An avid collector, Chase embedded himself in an international network of artists and displayed his lavish, cosmopolitan tastes in both his studio and his paintings of its eclectic and densely appointed interiors. Among his best-known works, Chase’s studio scenes are a form of self-portraiture that signal his ambition and growing professional status in New York’s artistic circles.

Caption

William Merritt Chase American, 1849–1916. Studio Interior, ca. 1882. Oil on canvas, 28 1/16 × 40 1/8 in. (71.2 × 101.9 cm) frame: 38 1/2 × 50 3/8 × 4 in. (97.8 × 128 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband, 13.50. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 13.50_SL1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Studio Interior

Date

ca. 1882

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

28 1/16 × 40 1/8 in. (71.2 × 101.9 cm) frame: 38 1/2 × 50 3/8 × 4 in. (97.8 × 128 × 10.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower left: "Wm M Chase"

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband

Accession Number

13.50

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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