John La Farge
Study for "The Angel at the Tomb"

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Artist John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)American, 1835–1910

CultureAmerican

Titles

Study for "The Angel at the Tomb"

Datec. 1889-1890

MediumWatercolor on wove paper

DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (20 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (27.6 × 29.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carla Knobloch, Kelly and Harper Trammell, and the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment

Object number2022.242

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1889-90; Henry Adams (1838-1918) [1]; [Victor Spark, New York, until 1962]; to The Hon. William Middendorf, Greenwich, Connecticut, until 1967; Private collection, 1967-2022; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, as of 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.

[1] Henry Adams, grandson of President John Quincy Adams, was a prolific historian and writer, perhaps best known for his memoir, The Education of Henry Adams (1918). John La Farge traveled with Henry Adams to the South Pacific, particularly Tahiti, as well as Japan.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, Grand Gallery, Exhibition (1966), no. 57 (as “Angel of the Resurrection,” erroneously dated to about 1900).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, in image, bottom right corner: [illegible] / [illegible] MARK [illegible] VI
Verso: Titled in black ink, center: "Angel of the Resurrection"

Verso: Label in black and red printed ink, upper left: (F) E-26 / H & A Hirschl & Adler / The Fuller Building / 41 East 57th Street / New York. NY 10022 / T 212.535.8810 F 212.772.7237 / STOCK NO.: APG 20989D.026 / ARTIST: LA FARGE, JOHN (1835-1910) / TITLE: Study for "The Angel at the Tomb" / MEDIUM: Watercolor on paper / SIZE: 10 7/8 " x 11 5/8 " / DATE:

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