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Print, Portrait of a Woman

This is a Print. It was created by William Merritt Chase. It is dated 1890–1895 and we acquired it in 1918. Its medium is monotype printed in brown ink on japanese paper mounted on brown laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William M. Chase. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William M. Chase.

Its dimensions are

27.5 × 36.5 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Red sealing wax with embossed shield lower right holding paper to support; Stamp in black, lower center, (Lugt 457d ): Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration; Verso: Stamp in black, center, (Lugt 457 e): Cooper Union Museum New York

It is signed

Signed on plate, upper left: CHASE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: (2); in ink, lower left: presented by Mrs. William M. Chase, 1918

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of a Woman; William Merritt Chase (American, 1849 – 1916); USA; monotype printed in brown ink on japanese paper mounted on brown laid paper; 27.5 × 36.5 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. William M. Chase; 1918-4-2

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