DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Ruth and Naomi, Study for a Window, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

c. 1904

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and chalk over graphite on off-white illustration board

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.7 x 15.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

John La Farge estate sale, New York; purchased at that sale by Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1911; their sale through Martin Birnbaum to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, 1929; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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