William Merritt Chase etchings "Keying Up--the Court Jester" and "Spanish Peasant"
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA0080.
Abstract
American artist and founder of Parsons School of Design William Merritt Chase (1848-1916) etched the two works comprising this collection, "Keying Up--the Court Jester" (1879) and "Spanish Peasant" (circa 1881).
Dates
- 1879, circa 1881
Creator
- Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916 (Person)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (2 prints)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of two etchings by William Merritt Chase:
"Keying Up--the Court Jester" (1879). 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches.
"Spanish Peasant" (circa 1881). 5 1/2 x 3 inches.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Biographical note
American Impressionist painter William Merritt Chase (1848-1916), founder of the Chase School (later, Parsons The New School for Design), was a member of the New York Etching Club, which formed in 1877 and marked a period of avid engagement with the medium on the part of American artists. Chase, however, did not prefer the medium, and only did about ten etchings, several of which were completed on commission after the artists J.F. Millet and Constantine Troyon.
Chase etched "Keying Up--the Court Jester" (1879) after his own painting of the same title, which was made in 1875 when he was a student at the Munich Royal Academy. The etching, a reverse image of the painting, was widely distributed in a bid to capitalize upon the attention drawn to Chase after his painting earned a medal of honor at the 1896 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The painting is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
"Spanish Peasant" (circa 1881) is one of three etchings Chase exhibited with the New York Etching Club.
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Source: Pisano, Ronald G., D. Frederick. Baker, and Marjorie Shelley. William Merritt Chase: the Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors and Prints. Vol. I. New Haven: Yale UP, 2006. Print. The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Rona Schneider Fine Prints, 2003.
- Etchings (prints) (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Figurative art, American (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fine arts. (Subject) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Human figure in art (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the William Merritt Chase etchings "Keying Up--the Court Jester" and "Spanish Peasant"
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- August 2, 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin