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    Park Bench, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916, painter.
    Title: 
    Park Bench, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Idle Hour in the Park - Central Park, (painting).
    Landscape - Idle Hours in the Park, (painting).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1890.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
    Inscription: 
    (Lower left:) Wm M. Chase signed
    Description: 
    Landscape depicting a female figure seated on a large wooden bench made of logs.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Park -- Central Park
    Cityscape -- New York -- New York City
    Object -- Furniture -- Bench
    Figure female -- Full length
    Recreation -- Leisure
    Animal -- Bird
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 49.1790
    References: 
    "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
    Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 43.
    Pisano, Ronald G., "The complete catalogue of known and documented work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916); volume 3. Landscapes in oil," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, no. L150.
    Gallati, Barbara Dayer, "William Merritt Chase: modern American landscapes, 1886-1890," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1999, pl. 45.
    Antiques (April 1994): pg. 548.
    Illustration: 
    Coll.catalog,"Am Ptgs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston",1969,p.304.
    Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 43.
    Pisano, Ronald G., "The complete catalogue of known and documented work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916); volume 3. Landscapes in oil," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, pg. 73.
    Gallati, Barbara Dayer, "William Merritt Chase: modern American landscapes, 1886-1890," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1999, pl. pg. 136.
    Image on file.
    Antiques (April 1994): pg. 548.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 20490214
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