William Merritt Chase
The Broken Jug
1870
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 87 1/4 x 51 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (221.6 x 130.5 x 18.4 cm) Sight: 60 3/8 x 24 1/4 in. (153.4 x 61.6 cm)
Credit Line
Given by Dr. and Mrs. Donald Houghton Hooker, in Loving Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Russell Hooker
Object Number
1978.124
Charles Henry Miller, New York, by 1917; Donald Russell Hooker; Dr. and Mrs. Donald Houghton Hooker, Baltimore; Charles Henry Miller collection, by 1917-c. 1922; Society of American Artists(?), 1879
National Academy of Design, New York, 1877, p. 157, no. 430 (as Broken Jug).
Kurtz Gallery, New York, "Exhibition of the Society of American Artists," 1878.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 50th Annual Exhibition, 1879, no. 202.
Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, "William Merritt Chase Retrospective," September 1, 1983 - January 1984, circulation to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 8 - June 3, 1984.
Kurtz Gallery, New York, "Exhibition of the Society of American Artists," 1878.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 50th Annual Exhibition, 1879, no. 202.
Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, "William Merritt Chase Retrospective," September 1, 1983 - January 1984, circulation to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 8 - June 3, 1984.
M.G. Van Rensselaer, "William Merritt Chase," The American Art Review, vol. 2, Boston, 1881, pp. 93, 135, illus. p. 138.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Paintings 1750-1900, from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, pp. 32-33, ill. p. 32.
Ronald G. Pisano, "A Leading Spirit in American Art: William Merritt Chase, 1840-1916," Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 1983, p. 40, ill. -. 41.
Geoffrey K. Fleming & Ruth Ann Bramson, "Charles Henry Miller, N.A.: Painter of Long Island," Southold Historical Society, 2011, p. 80.
Inscribed: remnants of signature l.l., W. M. Ch[...]e On reverse of canvase: Canvas maker's stencil (oval): MALER ______ FABRIK / A. SCHUTZMAN / MUNCHEN; Gum labels on reverse of stretcher: (l) J.F. ____/______ honigl. R_____ / ____ Munchen / _____ Hunas; (2) Loaned to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / by: Soc. Am. Artists / Register: 1879 202 No. 57
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
