Lot 58: John La Farge (1835-1910)

John La Farge (1835-1910)
Study of the Parrot Fish
dated '24 December/1890/Samoa' (lower right)
oil on panel
8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm.)

New York, The Century Association, Exhibition Records of the Century Association, May 7, 1892.
New York, Art House, Catalogue of American Oil Paintings and Water Colors Loaned and For Sale, First Annual Summer Exhibition of the Art House, June 1893, no. 108.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll and Richards, Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color and Oil from the South Sea Islands and Japan, January 14-February 20, 1895, no. 3.
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 5, 1895, no. 90.
New York, Montross Gallery, and elsewhere, Catalogue of Works by John La Farge, January 24-February 23, 1901, no. 140.
New York, The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge, April 28-June 9, 1995, no. 40.
New York, Vance Jordan Fine Art, Inc., Recreation and Idleness: The Pacific Travels of John La Farge, 1998.

J.L. Yarnall, Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1995, pp. 56, 129, no. 40, illustrated.
J.L. Yarnall, Recreation and Idleness: The Pacific Travels of John La Farge, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1998, pp. 92-93, 153, fig. 116, illustrated.

Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1907.
Sale: Anderson Auction Company, New York, 8-9 March 1910, lot 105.
A.T. Bay, New York, acquired from the above.
Sale: American Art Association, The Anderson Galleries, New York, 4-5 February 1932, lot 2.
Stephen C. Clark, New York, acquired from the above.
Mrs. Stephen C. (Susan Vanderpoel) Clark, New York and Cooperstown, New York, 1960.
By descent, until 1988.
Christie's, New York, 29 November 2000, lot 54.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.