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Allegorical Female Figure

1880s

John La Farge

Associated Names

John La Farge

Artist, American, 1835 - 1910

The image displays a drawing of a female figure standing in a graceful pose. She has curly hair, facial features, and is holding a thin stick. She is dressed in a flowing garment resembling a Greco-Roman style. The background is plain, and there is a red stamped seal in the bottom right corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Dimensions

sheet: 20.32 × 14.29 cm (8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2018.44.30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Dr. and Mrs. William H. Gerdts

Bibliography

2009

Cronin, Patricia. Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found: A Catalogue Raisonné. Milan/New York, 2009: 37-39, 51.

Markings

lower right, circular stamp in red ink with Japanese characters [the artist's personal seal]

Wikidata ID

Q64582828

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