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

ArtistAmerican, 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 Fund
Object number2022.242
Not on view

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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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