DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

A Bridle Path in Tahiti

c. 1900

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on cardboard

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

48 × 51.8 cm (18 7/8 × 20 3/8 in.) frame: 75.7 × 82 × 1.9 cm (29 13/16 × 32 5/16 × 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Purchased by Doll and Richards (from artist?), Boston, 1901; purchased by Dr. Alexander C. Humphreys, New York, by 1907; his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 1917; purchased at that sale by Edward D. Bettens, Cambridge, MA.

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