The Yield of the Waters

1878

William Merritt Chase American, 1849-1916

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About the Artwork

Title The Yield of the Waters

Artwork Date 1878

Artist William Merritt Chase

Life Dates 1849-1916

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 49 × 65 inches (124.5 × 165.1 cm) Framed: 57 1/4 × 74 1/8 × 2 7/8 inches (145.4 × 188.3 × 7.3 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department American Art before 1950

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 16.5

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Signed Signed, upper left: Wm. M. Chase

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Provenance

The artist. by 1880, purchased by Samuel A. Coale, Jr. [1836-1893] (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)

March 2-3, 1881, sold by (American Art Galleries, New York, New York, USA), the Coale Collection. The artist, probably purchased at the above sale. March 6, 1891, sold at auction by (Ortgies & Co.,, at the Fifth Avenue Galleries, New York, New York, USA), sale of works by William Merrit Chase

(M.Knoedler & Co.), purchased at the above sale. P.A.B. Widener [1834-1915] (Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA), probably acquired from M. Knoedler & Co. January 27-28, 1916, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA), sale of works from the collection of P. A. B. Widener. 1916 purchased at the above, sale by M. Knoedler and Co. (New York, New York, USA), acting as agent for the Detroit Museum of Art (predecessor to the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1916-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA).

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Published References

Exh. cat., Society of American Artists. Philadelphia, 1879, no. 182. [as “Fish Market”]

Exh. cat., Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago. Chicago, 1889, no. 116. [as “Venetian Fish”]

Painting by William M. Chase. Exh. cat., Ortgies & Co. New York, March 16, 1891, no. 67. [as “Venetian Fish”]

American Art Annual 13 (1916): p. 338.

Valuable Paintings by Artists of Distinction. Exh. cat., American Art Association Sale. New York, 1916, no. 164.

Roof, Katherine Metcalf. The Life and Art of William Merritt Chase. New York, 1917, pp. 47, 242.

Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists. Exh. cat., Fine Arts Academy, The Albright Art Gallery. Buffalo, 1917, no. 28. [as Yield of the Waters]

A Leading Spirit in American Art: William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916. Exh. cat., Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Seattle, 1983, p. 34 (ill.).

Bryant, Keith L., Jr. William Merritt Chase: A Genteel Bohemian. Columbia, MO, 1991, pp. 45, 269, 273.

Gallati, Barbara Dayer. William Merritt Chase. New York, 1995, p. 121 (ill.).

Mitchell, Mark D. The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol. Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, 2015, pp. 192-193 (pl. 71).

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