id: 134863 accession number: 1957.423 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.423 updated: 2025-02-09 02:17:19.264000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1886 creation date earliest: 1881 creation date latest: 1891 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. John B. Dempsey copyright: --- culture: America technique: oil on wood department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) - artist --- measurements: Unframed: 23.7 x 34.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed lower right: WM M. Chase [WM in monogram] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- 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'} --- PROVENANCE Homer H. Johnson (donor's father), Cleveland (1913); Jeanette Johnson Dempsey. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.423/1957.423_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.423/1957.423_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.423/1957.423_full.tif