John La Farge American, 1835-1910 Woman in White Reading Signed with artist's initials JLF (lr); inscribed as titled under the matting (ll) Watercolor on paper Sheet 14 x 6 1/4 inches, image 7 1/8 x 3 3/8 inches Provenance: Mrs. M. Bernard Philip, New York, 1934 Michael M. Engel, New York (before 1969) Exhibited: New York, Moore's Art Gallery, 1887, cat. no. 5 (under the title Woman in white dress, Reading, --Lark background.--Watercolor study. Signed) The present work is discussed in correspondence in 1985 and 1986 between Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. La Farge and Michael Engel, Jr. Woman in White Reading is documented in the draft for a catalogue raisonné of the work of John La Farge that was in preparation by Henry A. La Farge, and that remained unpublished at the time of his death. It is described in the catalogue page as "Possibly a study for the allegorical figure of Sight in the watercolor room of the Cornelius Vanderbilt House," which suggested a potential date to Mr. La Farge of circa 1881. The Henry Adams La Farge papers, which contain research and documentation pertaining to the unpublished catalogue, are included in the collection of the Beinecke Library, Yale University. C Property from the Estate of a Long Island Collector
Toned. Hinged with tape along the upper register verso. There are some scattered stains in the margins under the matting.
John La Farge American, 1835-1910 Woman in White Reading Signed with artist's initials JLF (lr); inscribed as titled under the matting (ll) Watercolor on paper Sheet 14 x 6 1/4 inches, image 7 1/8 x 3 3/8 inches Provenance: Mrs. M. Bernard Philip, New York, 1934 Michael M. Engel, New York (before 1969) Exhibited: New York, Moore's Art Gallery, 1887, cat. no. 5 (under the title Woman in white dress, Reading, --Lark background.--Watercolor study. Signed) The present work is discussed in correspondence in 1985 and 1986 between Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. La Farge and Michael Engel, Jr. Woman in White Reading is documented in the draft for a catalogue raisonné of the work of John La Farge that was in preparation by Henry A. La Farge, and that remained unpublished at the time of his death. It is described in the catalogue page as "Possibly a study for the allegorical figure of Sight in the watercolor room of the Cornelius Vanderbilt House," which suggested a potential date to Mr. La Farge of circa 1881. The Henry Adams La Farge papers, which contain research and documentation pertaining to the unpublished catalogue, are included in the collection of the Beinecke Library, Yale University. C Property from the Estate of a Long Island Collector
Toned. Hinged with tape along the upper register verso. There are some scattered stains in the margins under the matting.
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