WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (AMERICAN, 1849-1916)
Study of a Baseball Player
pencil on paper
image: 5 3⁄4 in. x 3 1⁄2 in. (14.6 cm. x 9.1 cm)
Executed circa 1872.
Lit., Pisano, Ronaldo G.,'William Merritt Chase: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings (Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase),' 2010, pg 182,D.3.
A graphite study of a baseball player, examined framed and not under backlight, minor smudging to graphite, mark in upper left that could be possible lettering and/or unrelated to central image, fine condition.