DrawingsAmerican19th century

Figure Holding a Lily, Study for Window, Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, PA (Easter Lilies)

1900

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on board

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36.8 x 23.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.) mount: 43.4 x 31.4 cm (17 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.) Border drawn around image: 25.4 x 13.8 cm (10 x 5 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Macbeth Gallery, New York, by 1910; purchased from them by Charles K. Fox, Haverhill, MA; his bequest (?) to Mrs. W. Freeman, 1912; her sale to Macbeth Gallery, 1941; their sale through Martin Birnbaum of Scott and Fowles, New York, 1941; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.