John La Farge (1835-1910)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEAN M. RIDDELL
John La Farge (1835-1910)

The Studio at Grayledge Farm, Paradise

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John La Farge (1835-1910)
The Studio at Grayledge Farm, Paradise
signed with conjoined initals 'LF' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
12½ x 10½ in. (31.8 x 26.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1865.
Provenance
Gorham and Beatrice Cross, Hingham, Massachusetts.
Charles B. Lalli, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1989.
Altman/Burke Fine Art, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1989.
William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, Rhode Island, acquired from the above, 1990.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J.L. Yarnall, John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, New York, 1990, p. 29.
J.L. Yarnall, John La Farge in Paradise: The Painter and His Muse, exhibition catalogue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1995, pp. 112-13, no. 166, illustrated.
Exhibited
Newport, Rhode Island, William Vareika Fine Arts, The Artistic Heritage of Newport and the Narragansett Bay, July 13-November 30, 1990, n.p., no. 103, illustrated.
Newport, Rhode Island, William Vareika Fine Arts, John La Farge in Paradise: The Painter and His Muse, March 31-May 31, 1995, no. 29.

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We are grateful to James L. Yarnall, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History, Salve Regina University, for preparing the catalogue entry for this work.

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