DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Cherub Heads, color study for glass

c. 1896

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Description

Faint fleur-de-lis drawn in graphite under image. Paper is cut into shape of Gothic arch.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and black ink on tan wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.9 x 9.5 cm (9 7/16 x 3 3/4 in.) Image drawn in Gothic-arch shaped border: 16.7 x 6.5 cm (6 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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