Provenance:

Collection of Carolyn D. Schaeffer

Literature:

Ronald G. Pisano, D. Frederick Baker, and Carolyn K. Lane, William Merritt Chase: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings: The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase, vol. IV, New Haven, Connecticut, 2010, no. SL.20, p. 11, illus.

Framed: 27 x 23 1/4 inches.
Significant deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is lined; painting does not appear to  easily removed from frame rabbet; a repaired tear accompanied by inpainting extends through the bottle neck, approximately 4 1/2 inches in length; two strokes of inpainting to the left of the bottle neck, as well as a small area in the upper left corner; inpainting along the right and left edges; stable craquelures with fills are visible in the fruit and foot of glass to the left; one possible vertical repair in the center, extending approximately 5 inches and only visible in raking light. Under UV light: a thick, greenish varnish layer obscures older inpainting; however, more recent inpainting located in aforementioned areas, as well as in spots throughout center. Please request images.

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