Studio Interior
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Richly patterned textiles, framed artworks, and ornamental objects once decorated William Merritt Chase’s famed Tenth Street studio in New York, which doubled as a social space where the artist cultivated and promoted his artistic persona. An avid collector, Chase embedded himself in an international network of artists and displayed his lavish, cosmopolitan tastes in both his studio and his paintings of its eclectic and densely appointed interiors. Among his best-known works, Chase’s studio scenes are a form of self-portraiture that signal his ambition and growing professional status in New York’s artistic circles.
Caption
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916). Studio Interior, ca. 1882. Oil on canvas, 28 1/16 × 40 1/8 in. (71.2 × 101.9 cm) frame: 38 1/2 × 50 3/8 × 4 in. (97.8 × 128 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband, 13.50. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Studio Interior
Date
ca. 1882
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
28 1/16 × 40 1/8 in. (71.2 × 101.9 cm) frame: 38 1/2 × 50 3/8 × 4 in. (97.8 × 128 × 10.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "Wm M Chase"
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband
Accession Number
13.50
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