Wild Roses and Water Lily - Study of Sunlight

Artist John La Farge (1835 - 1910)

Dateca. 1883

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions10 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27 x 22.5 cm)
Framed: 22 in. × 20 1/2 in. × 1 1/4 in.

ClassificationsWatercolor

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.14

Accession number 2005.14

On View

Not on view

Provenance(Moore's Art Gallery, New York, NY), March 26-27, 1885, lot 32; purchased by Moritz Bernard Philipp [d. 1929], New York, NY, 1885; by bequest to Jane Peterson Philipp [1876-1965] (his wife), New York, NY, 1929. Private Collection, 1965; (Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY), 1965; Raymond J. Horowitz [1916-2005], by 1980; Estate of Raymond J. Horowitz, 2005; (Adelson Galleries, New York, NY), 2005; (Sotheby's Inc., New York, NY), 2005; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Markingsverso, u.l., on backing board: [National Gallery of Art "American Impressionism and..." exhibition label]
verso, u.c., on backing board: [Amiran non-reflecting glass label]
verso, u.r., on backing board: [Adelson Galleries label]
verso, c., on backing board: [Kennedy Galleries, Inc. label]
verso, c.l., on backing board: [Whitney Museum of American Art "Reflections of Nature: Flowers in American Art" exhibition label]
verso, c., on backing board: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art "American Drawings, Watercolors, Prints" exhibition label]
verso, c.r., on backing board: [The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc. "Nature Vivante: The Still Lifes of John La Farge" exhibition label]
verso, l.c., on backing board: [National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution "John La Farge" exhibition label]
verso, l.r., on backing board: [barcode] 395ZG / John La Farge "Wild / Rose and Water Lily"