Details
| Artist | John La Farge, American, 1835-1910 |
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| Date | 1905 |
| Medium | watercolor over pencil on thin tissue paper mounted overall to thick paperboard |
| Dimensions | Sheet (irreg.): 8 3/16 × 11 7/16 inches (20.8 × 29.1 cm) Mount: 10 1/4 × 13 3/8 inches (26 × 34 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund |
| Accession Number | 48.272 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: JLF 1905 |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left: Lycurgus: He consults the | Pythian oracle with regard to | the laws of Sparta, before his disappearance or death Inscribed, on mount, under drawing, lower right: Design for the Courth House | Baltimore Md Inscribed, on mount, bottom right: Please return to John La Farge | 51 W 10th St. NY [all crossed out] |
Provenance
1948-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 29, 1 (1949-1950): pp. 18-20 (ill.).
Page, Addison Franklin. "Four Water Color Studies by John La Farge." Art Quarterly 12, 3 (1949): p. 280.
Page, Addison Franklin. "Four Water Color Studies by John La Farge." Art Quarterly 12, 3 (1949): p. 280.
