JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910)

Lot 14
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ID 1536632
Lot 14 | JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910)
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$ 50 000 – 70 000
JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910)
Camellia in a Japanese Bowl
oil on cradled panel
6 x 8 ¾ in. (15.2 x 22.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1863.




Provenance

(Probably) Private collection, 1879.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
William S. Paley, New York, acquired from the above, 1962.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 1991, lot 29, sold by the above.
Private collection.
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2013.



Literature

(Probably) "Art Notes," Round Table, March 12, 1864, p. 202.
(Probably) C. Cook, "National Academy of Design," New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1864, p. 4.
(Probably) S.N. Carter "Exhibition of the Society of American Artist," Art Journal, 1879, pp. 156-57.
(Probably) "Art and Artists," Boston Evening Transcript, March 31, 1879, p. 6.
(Probably) "Fine Arts Exhibition by the Society of American Artists," Nation, April 3, 1879, pp. 237-38.
(Probably) M.G. Van Rensselaer, "The Spring Exhibition in New York," American Architect and Building News, May 10, 1879, pp. 148-49.



Exhibited

(Probably) New York, Goupil & Cie, 1864.
(Probably) New York, National Academy of Design, 1864.
(Probably) New York, Kurtz Gallery, Society of American Artists, Second Exhibition, March 10-29, 1879, p. 10, no. 116 (as Flowers).
New York, The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge, April 28-June 9, 1995, p. 121, no. 21, illustrated.
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