Lesson Study on Jersey Coast, 1881

Not on View

Medium

watercolor and gouache on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 20.5 × 27.6 cm (8 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.78.1

Artists / Makers

John La Farge (artist) American, 1835 - 1910

Image Use

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Inscription

signed by the artist on wood backing: Lesson Study on Jersey Coast / LaFarge 1881 (see object folder); lower center verso in graphite: On the Jersey Coast / 1881-in lessons

Provenance

Private collection, Boston area, 1892-1977; (sale, Massachusetts, 1977); E. Guy Sawyer, Berlin, Massachusetts; (William Young and Co., Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts); Patricia Young Cerino [de George], Newport, 1978-1983; (William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport) 1983-1986; Greg Shepard, Newport and Providence, 1986-1988; David Nissensen, New York, 1988-1989; (William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport). Gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Vareika Fine Arts, William

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 218-219, color repro.

Bibliography

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.218.