Lady in Black
Artist: William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
Original Dimensions: 74 1/4" x 36 5/16"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1888) "Marietta Benedict Cotton (1868–1947) studied with Chase and became a successful society portraitist in New York and London. Chase later recalled: “One morning, a young lady came into my Tenth Street studio. . . . She came as a pupil but the moment she appeared before me I saw her only as a splendid model. . . . Such a model is a treasurefind. It is the personality that inspires, and which you depict on canvas.” An unabashed eclectic, Chase shared James McNeill Whistler’s predilection for monochromatic portraits and quoted the table at the left from John Singer Sargent’s Madame X (Virginie Avegno Gautreau) of 1883–84 (16.53), also in the Museum's collection." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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