Wind-Swept Sands by William Merritt Chase
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Wind-Swept Sands

William Merritt Chase · 1894

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The Dorflinger family, Long Island; John C. Dorflinger, White Milles, Pennsylvania, c. 1950. Robert Schwarz, Frank Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia, sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Cleveland Art Association, First Annual Exhibition, Jan. 22–Feb. 22, 1895, cat. 204.
  • New York, National Academy of Design, 70th Annual Exhibition, Apr. 1–May 11, 1895, cat. 309.
  • New York, American Art Galleries, Chase sale, Jan. 7, 1896, no. 1179, as The Windswept Sands.
  • New York, National Academy of Design, Seventh Annual Exhibition, Apr. 1–May 11, 1895, cat. 309.
  • New York, American Art Galleries, Catalogue of Paintings belonging to William Merritt Chase, N.A. Jan. 1896, no. 1179.
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art, William Merritt Chase: Modern American Landscapes, 1886–1890, May 26–Aug. 13, 2000; the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 7–Nov. 26, 2000, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 13, 2000–Mar. 11, 2001, cat. 54.

Literature

Published references

  • Ronald G. Pisano et al., "William Merritt Chase, Landscapes in Oil" (Yale University Press, 2009, vol. 3) cat. L 192, 97, 166 (ill.).
  • Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 60.

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