Venetian Lace Making

1849-1916

William Merritt Chase

Associated Names
William Merritt Chase

Artist, American, 1849 - 1916

The image shows a person seated in profile view next to a spinning wheel. The individual's full body is visible, from head to toe, wearing a dress-like garment. They have a softly rendered facial expression and close-to-the-head hair. An empty chair is beside them, and the background is undefined on textured paper. The scene lacks environmental details, with annotations at the bottom of the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on tan laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert S. Pirie

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.3 × 45.9 cm (11 9/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.78.2

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2006

  • Pisano, Ronald G. The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), vol. 4. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 186, no. D.23.

Inscriptions

center left in graphite: Venetian lace / making / Wm.M.C.; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 650; lower right in graphite: P.B-6; upper left verso in pen and black ink: 61(?)46

Wikidata ID

Q64638649

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