Details
John La Farge (1835-1910)
"The Last Arrow of Will of Cloudeslie"
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'LF 67' (upper right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
9¾ x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.3 cm.), image; 13½ x 10¼ in. (34.3 x 26 cm.), sheet
Provenance
The artist.
[With]Montross Gallery, New York.
Mrs. Frederick Rhinelander Jones, New York, 1901, acquired from the above.
Mrs. Max Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, and San Marino, California, by descent, 1935.
Elizabeth Ives Bartholet, New York, by 1965.
Victor D. Spark, New York, acquired from the above, 1965.
Graham Gallery, New York, 1979.
Peggy and Harold Samuels, Locust Valley, New York, 1979.
Thomas Colville Fine Art, Inc., New York and New Haven, Connecticut, 1979.
Richard and Gloria Manney, New York, 1979.
Shannon's, Milford, Connecticut, 25 April 2002, lot 132.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Reichard and Co., Catalogue of Drawings, Water Colors, and Paintings by Mr. John La Farge, N.A., exhibition checklist, New York, 1890, no. 28, illustrated.
Doll and Richards, Catalogue of Drawings, Watercolors, and Paintings by Mr. John La Farge on Exhibition and Sale, exhibition checklist, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, no. N.
Doll and Richards, Catalogue of Water Color and Oil Paintings by Mr. John La Farge on Exhibition and Sale, exhibition checklist, Boston, Massachusetts, 1893, no. J.
Doll and Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color and Oil Chiefly from South Sea Islands, exhibition checklist, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896, no. 37.
Gallery of the Picture Exhibition Society, Catalogue: Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings, Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91, by John La Farge, exhibition checklist, Cleveland, Ohio, 1897, no. 69.
Doll and Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color Chiefly from South Sea Islands and Japan, exhibition checklist, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, no. 48.
Montross Gallery, Catalogue of Works by John La Farge, exhibition checklist, New York, 1901, no. 98.
"Pictures by John La Farge," New York Times, January 25, 1901, p. 7.
H. Adams, et al., American Drawings and Watercolors in the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1985, p. 282.
Exhibited
New York, Reichard and Co., Drawings, Water Colors, and Paintings by Mr. John La Farge, N.A., April 15-May 1, 1890, no. 28.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, Drawings, Watercolors, and Paintings by Mr. John La Farge on Exhibition and Sale, March 25-April 6, 1892, no. N.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, Water Color and Oil Paintings by Mr. John La Farge on Exhibition and Sale, March 10-22, 1893, no. J.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color and Oil Chiefly from South Sea Islands, February 14-26, 1896, no. 37.
Cleveland, Ohio, Gallery of the Picture Exhibition Society, and elsewhere, Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings, Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91, by John La Farge, December 23, 1896-January 5, 1897, no. 69.
St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts, A Group of Paintings, Studies and Sketches, Records of Travel in 1886, 1890, and 1891 by John La Farge..., March 5-20, 1897, no. 71.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color Chiefly from South Sea Islands and Japan, March 18-30, 1898, no. 48.
New York, Montross Gallery, Works by John La Farge, January 24-February 23, 1901, no. 98.
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