Lot 132: John La Farge (1835-1910)

John La Farge (1835-1910) >"The Last Arrow of Will of Cloudeslie" <br>signed with conjoined initials and dated 'LF 67' (upper right) >watercolor and pencil on paper <br>9¾ x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.3 cm.), image; 13½ x 10¼ in. (34.3 x 26 cm.), sheet

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.

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.

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.