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William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916), "The Black Kimono," circa 1903, oil on canvas, signed upper right, reference: Ronald G. Pisano, "William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil," Yale University Press, 2007 (OP.382, pg. 198), canvas: 72"h x 40"w, overall (with frame): 83"h x 50.5"w. Provenance: Property of a San Francisco, California collection; collection of William Merritt Chase; gifted by the artist to Douglas John Connah (1910). Connah was the director of the New York School of Art (New York, New York) and of Chase's Shinnecock Summer School of Art (Shinnecock, Long Island, New York) from 1891-1902; Sotheby's New York, November 1995 (American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 55); Charlton Hall Auctions, September 2011 (lot 691)