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Chinese Pi-tong

Chinese Pi-tong

DrawingsAmerican19th century

Chinese Pi-tong

1879

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

43.2 × 43.2 cm (17 × 17 in.) frame: 72.7 × 72.7 × 3 cm (28 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Purchased, probably from the artist, by Joshua Montgomery Sears, Boston, 1879; his bequest to Sarah Choate Sears, his wife, Boston, 1905; her bequest to Sarah Sears (Mrs. J.D. Cameron) Bradley, her daughter, Boston, 1935; her sale to Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1942; their sale to Scott and Fowles, Boston, 1942; their sale to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, 1942.

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