May
Signed lower left: Marion Chase
Description
In this engaging view of a Parisian terrace depicted in May, Chase shows off her modernist inclination for design, rendering the scene using a combination of foreshortened perspective, dark contours on the tangible elements, and a limited palette of green, purple and pink, punctuated by the bright white blooms of the plants. It is a wonderful, refreshing interpretation of an afternoon spent alongside the Seine and was a highlight for several publications including the New York Times, which illustrated the painting in their October 6, 1929 spread on the opening gallery season.
Provenance
The artist
To her adopted daughter, private collection, Carmel, California
Gifted to private collection, Aiken, South Carolina, 1982
With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 35105, March 2008
To private collection, Lincoln, Massachusetts, July 2008 to present
Inscriptions
1). (in pencil on top stretcher, at right) Chase
2). (in pencil on top stretcher, at left) 93
Labels
1). (handwritten old label on stretcher) “May” / Marion Monks Chase / Price $600. $800
2). (typed old label on stretcher) Mrs. Marion Monks Chase / Manchester / Massachusetts. Value $800
3). (old label on stretcher) FOGG / ART MUSEUM / LOAN / (handwritten) 618.1930
4). (old label on frame) Loan / to SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART / LENDER: Mrs. Percy Chase / TITLE: “May” / ARTIST Marion Monks Chase.
Exhibitions
Literature
1). Local Galleries, New York Times, October 6, 1929 (illustration for
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries’ exhibition)
2). “Marion M. Chase Revealed as Oil Painter,” (possibly) Brooklyn Daily Eagle (no date)
3). “N. E. Society of Contemporary Art Opens Exhibition of Paintings Today,” The Boston Herald, June 24, 1932
Condition
Frame Details
Original frame
