Works on Paper
John La Farge
American (1835-1910)
Water Lily with Green and Red Pads, circa 1883
Pencil, watercolor and gouache on heavy wove paper, Sight: 5 ½ x 9 ½ inches, Sheet: 11 ¾ x 15 ½ inches
Provenance
The Artist
Gifted from the above to Moritz Bernard Philipp, 1884
James Graham Gallery, New York, by the early 1970’s
Sold from the above to a private collection, New England, until 2014
Exhibited
Society of American Artists, Annual Exhibition, 1884, no. 54
Moore’s Art Gallery, Catalogue of a Collection of Oil and Water Color Paintings, by John La Farge, 26-27 March 1884, lot 49
Literature
James Yarnall, Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge, New York, The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., 1995, pg. 142, no. 76, illustrated