Olive Tree, Florence

William Merritt Chase, American, 1849 - 1916

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about 1911

Oil on wood panel

Overall: 9 1/8 × 12 in. (23.2 × 30.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John S. Tamagni, Class of 1956

2007.72

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, lower left: To my friend G [. . . .? indistinct-possibly "Grover"] / Wm M. Chase.

Exhibition History

Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 16-November 10, 2013.

Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 11, 2015.

Publication History

Ronald Pisano, William Merritt Chase: Landscapes in Oil, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, pp. 149-150 ill., no. 311.

Published References

Ronald G. Pisano, research report commissioned by Christies, New York, 1995 (photocopy in Hood Museum object file). Gallati, Barbara Dayer. William Merritt Chase. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995, 87-89.

Provenance

Frank Sinatra; included in Christies, New York, Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot S65, November 30, 1995 (bought in); sold shortly after sale to John S. Tamagni (Class of 1956), Summit, New Jersey, December 16, 1995; given to present collection, 2007.

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