id:			134863
accession number:	1957.423
share license status:	CC0
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Gray Day on the Bay, c. 1886. William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916). Oil on wood; unframed: 23.7 x 34.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John B. Dempsey, 1957.423

title:				Gray Day on the Bay
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creation date:			c. 1886
creation date earliest:		1881
creation date latest:		1891
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. John B. Dempsey
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on wood
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 23.7 x 34.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  WM M. Chase [WM in monogram]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Chicago, Chicago Inter-State Industrial Exhibition (4 September-19 October 1889), no. 102 as Repair Docks, Gowanus Bay.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'New York, Ortgies & Co., Paintings by William Merritt Chase (6 March 1891), no. 4 as Repair Docks, Gowanus Bay.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Kinney and Levan Building, Cleveland Art Loan Exposition (25 November-17 December 1913), no. 19A as East River.', 'opening_date': '1913-11-25T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"American Paintings Owned in Cleveland," The Cleveland Museum of Art, July 3--September 13, 1920.', 'opening_date': '1920-09-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Homer H. Johnson (donor's father), Cleveland (1913); Jeanette Johnson Dempsey.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35.<br>Published as: <em>Harbor Scene</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 23, no. 30
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152465

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