Portrait of Dora Wheeler
1882–83
William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
American Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Dora Wheeler, 1882–83. William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1921.1239 Chase and Wheeler worked together to raise money for constructing the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.
- Maker/Artist
- Chase, William Merritt
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower right: WM M. Chase [WM in monogram]
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1921.1239
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today, The First West Coast Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by William Merritt Chase, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976, Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, American Impressionism, Images "of hope, of life, of promise", Candace Wheeler: The Art and Enterprise of American Design, 1875-1900, Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age, After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting, Americans in Paris, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, <em>Salon.</em> Paris, France (1883)., Boston Art Club, Exhibition of Pictures, Studies, and Sketches by Mr. Wm. M. Chase under the Auspices of the American Art Association, November 13-December 4, 1886, cat. 10, as Portrait of Miss Dora Wheeler., New York Moore's Art Galleries, Paintings by Mr. William M. Chase, March 2-3, 1887, cat. 115, [lent by Miss. Wheeler].Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Survey of American Painting (1940), no. 155, pl. 49., Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Painting today and Yesterday in the United States (Calif. 1941), no. 27.New York, Portraits, Inc., Portraits of American Women, from Romanticism to Surrealism (5-29 December 1945); cat. no. 15., Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, Chase Centennial Exhibition: Commemorating the Birth of William Merritt Chase, November 1, 1849 (1949), no. 15, illus., New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by 75 Artists Associated with the Art Students League of New York, (1951), xiii, no. 6, p. 1, illus. p. 6., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 150th Anniversary Exhibition (15 January-13 March 1955); cat. no. 59, not illus.Southampton, Long Island, The Parrish Art Museum, William Merritt Chase: A Retrospective Exhibition (New York 1957), illus. p. 47, no. 31., Santa Barbara, University of California Art Gallery; La Jolla (Calif.) Museum of Art; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Seattle Art Museum; New York, Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Harford Collection, First West Coast Exhibition of Paintings by Willaim Merritt Chase (1964/65), p. i, no. 8, illus. pl. 8., Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Detroit Institute of Arts; Toledo Museum of Art; Cleveland Museum of Art, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776-1976 (1976), no. 31, illus., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, American Portraiture in the Grand Manner: 1720-1920, (1981/82), traveled to Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery p. 68, illus. p. 69, Fig. 14., Akron, Akron Art Museum, William Merritt Chase: Portraits (1982), pp. 10, 12-14, 46, illus. p. 13, pl. 1., Seattle, University of Washington Henry Art Gallery, William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916: A Leading Spirit in American Art (1983), pp. 63 & 175, illus. p. 19, Fig. 16 & p. 172., New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, (1986/87), pp. 41 & 406-407, illus. p. 325, Fig. 9.15 & p. 22., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915 (1994), pp. 38-41, illus. p. 39, Fig. 29., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist, (1994), pp. 46- 7, illus. p. 46, Fig. 16., The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/21/2005 - 09/11/2005); "CMA Highlights", <em>Internationale Kunstausstellung</em>, Crystal Palace, Munich, Germany (1883)., <em>Annual Exhibition</em>. Calumet Club, New York, NY ( 1884)., <em>National Academy of Design, Society of American Artists Seventh Annual Exhibition</em>, New York, NY (May 26-June 21,1884)., <em>Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago Twelfth Annual Exhibition</em>. Art Hall Gallery D, Chicago, IL (September 3-October 18,1884).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
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