Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary"

1877-1878

John La Farge

Associated Names
John La Farge

Artist, American, 1835 - 1910

The image shows two figures. One is a crouching figure in profile, kneeling with their hands extended forward. They wear flowing robes and have no visible facial features. The second figure stands upright on the right side, also wearing draped clothing and facing away with unclear facial features. The background is plain, highlighting the interaction between the figures. The artwork is sketched with soft, linear techniques on a parchment-like background.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Weyhe Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2024-2025, p. 133, cat. 46, repro.

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 75, no. 473.

2024

  • Mitchell, Mark DeSaussure.The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917. Exh cat. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2024: cat. 46, 135, color repro.

Markings

stamped lower right in red ink: [the artist's Japanese characters]

Watermarks

None

Wikidata ID

Q64582829

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