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Artist or Maker: John La Farge (1835-1910)
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Provenance: Graham McFerson, before 1967.
Alfred Evans, before 1967.
Charles Merritt, New York, until 1967.
Graham Gallery, New York, 1967.
Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 1982, lot 127.
Private collection, New York, 1982.
Private collection.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
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Exhibited: Boston, Massachusetts, Doll & Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color and Oil from South Sea Islands and Japan, February 14-20, 1895, no. 28.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, and elsewhere, Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings, Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91 by John La Farge, February 25-March 25, 1895, no. 134.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll & Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color and Oil Chiefly from South Sea Islands, February 14-27, 1896, no. 7.
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-March 20, 1897, no. 50.
New York, Wunderlich & Company, Catalogue of Works by John La Farge, March-April 1897, no. 31.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Davies Art Galleries, Watercolors by John La Farge, April 4-13, 1898, no. 18.
St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Museum of Fine Art, A Group of Paintings, Studies and Sketches, Records of Travel in 1886, 1890 and 1891 by John La Farge, March 5-20, 1907, no. 51.
New York, New York Cultural Center, and elsewhere, Three Centuries of the American Nude, May 9-November 16, 1975, no. 152.
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Literature: "Exhibition of Paintings by John La Farge and His Son," Boston Evening Transcript, February 15, 1896, p. 9.
"Art," Chicago Times Herald, February 7, 1897, p. 31.
W.H. Gerdts, The Great American Nude, New York, 1974, pp. 132-34, illustrated.
The New York Cultural Center, Three Centuries of the American Nude, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1975, p. 12, no. 152.
