Water Lilies with Green Pads

Details

JOHN LA FARGE (1835-1910)
Water Lilies with Green Pads
watercolor and gouache on paper
image, 7 ¾ x 11 ½ in. (19.7 x 29.2 cm.);
sheet, 9 ¾ x 12 in. (24.8 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1884.

Provenance

Edward William Hooper, Boston, Massachusetts, 1884.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Thomas Colville Fine Art, LLC, New York, acquired from the above, by 2004.
The Manoogian Collection, Taylor, Michigan.
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.

Exhibited

New York, The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge, April 28-June 9, 1995, pp. 50, 143, no. 79, illustrated.

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Descriptif du lot

John La Farge’s lyrical depictions of water lilies are a signature motif within the artist’s impressive career, which included paintings and watercolors as well as celebrated designs for stained glass windows. According to James L. Yarnall, the present work belongs to a group of watercolors that "convey the best qualities of La Farge as a watercolorist. With their sinuous liquid patches, close-up perspectives, and seemingly unstudied painterly effects, they betray a mastery of the medium that ranks La Farge among the leading practitioners of watercolor in America at the time." (Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1995, p. 50)

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