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JOHN LA FARGE

American, 1835-1910

After the Bath, A Memory of the South Seas, 1895

watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on cardboard
signed lower right "JLF"
13 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (34.9 x 21.6 cm.) (sight), Frame: 28 3/4 x 21 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (73 x 55.2 x 5.7 cm.)

  • Provenance: with Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1910-1911; Estate of John La Farge, New York, 1910-1911; through American Art Galleries, New York, March 29-31, 1911, lot 585; Kraushaar Galleries, New York, 1911-1983; Wetherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1983; Private Collection, New York
  • Exhibited: New York, New York, Century Association, "Exhibition Records of the Century Association," November 1, 1902, (not numbered); New York, New York, Water Color Club, "Thirteenth Annual Exhibition of the New York Water Color Club at the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society" November 22 - December 14, 1902, no. 128; Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, "Exhibition and Private Sale of Pictures, Drawings and Sketches by Mr. John La Farge, February 26 - March 16, 1904, no. 72; New York, New York, National Arts Club, "Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings by John La Farge", May 3-14, 1904, no. 70; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Fine Arts Association, "Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings by John La Farge, NA.", January 4-16, 1909, no. 48; New York, New York, Knoedler and Co., "Exhibition of Glass, Oil and Water Color Paintings and Sketches by John LaFarge, NA.", February 15-28, 1909, no. 77; Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, "Catalogue of Oil and Water Color Paintings and Sketches by John La Farge, NA.", March 18 - April 1, 1909, no. 38; Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, "Paintings and Drawings by John La Farge", March 18-30, 1910, no. 36; New York, New York, Museum of Natural History, "Collection of Paintings made among the South Sea Islands by the Late John La Farge Loaned by Miss Grace Edith Barnes, Executrix", January 25, 1911, no. 3; Kansas City, Missouri, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, "A Loan Exhibition of American Paintings Since 1900", December 1933; New York, New York, Macbeth Gallery, "John La Farge, 1835-1910", April 26 - May 15, 1948, no. 34
  • Literature: "Art. Another Glimpse of the New York Water Color Club's Exhibition", New York Mail and Express, November 21, 1902, p. 4; "Water Color Club Show", New York Mail and Express, November 25, 1902, p. 4; "La Farges at the Arts," New York Times, 6 May 1904, p. 9; "The Fine Arts. La Farge's Watercolors and Glass Work," Boston Evening Transcript, March 19, 1910, p. 6.
  • Condition: in overall good condition, no restoration visible, not examined out of frame

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