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Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures
John La Farge · 1890/91
Provenance
Ownership history
- Estate of the artist, New York, until 1912. Franklin W. M Cutcheon, New York and Locust Valley, New York, by 1912-1936/37; to his great-nephew, Robert M. Ferguson (died 1984), New York, 1936/37; to his wife, Mrs. Robert M. Ferguson, New York, 1984-1989. Thomas Colville Fine Arts, Inc, New York and New Haven, Conn., 1989. Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, 1989. Private collection, from 1989; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York Water-Color Club, "Sixth Annual Exhibition," Nov. 1895, cats. 25 and 26 (two side panels).
- New York, Durand-Ruel, "Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings. Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91 by John La Farge," Feb. 25-Mar. 5, 1895, cats. 124-26.
- Paris, Champs de Mars, Salon of 1895, "Etudes, Esquisses, Dessins: Souvenirs et Notes de voyage (1886 and 1890-91) par John La Farge," Mar.-Apr. 1895, cats. 123-25.
- Boston, Doll & Richards, "Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Water Color and Oil Chiefly from the South Sea Islands by Mr. John La Farge," Febr. 14-26 1896, cats. 9-11.
- Cleveland, Gallery of the Picture Exhibition Society, "Catalogue of Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings. Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91, by John La Farge," Dec. 23, 1896-Jan. 5, 1897, cats. 42-44; also Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 26-Feb. 21, 1897.
- Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, "A Group of Paintings, Studies, and Sketches, Records of Travel 1886, 1890, and 1891, by John La Farge," Mar. 5-20, 1897, cats. 43-45.
- New York, Wunderlich & Company, "Catalogue of Works by John La Farge," Mar.-Apr. 1897, cats. 25-27.
- New York, M. Knoedler and Company, "Catalogue of Glass, Oil and Water Color Paintings and Sketches by John La Farge, N. A." Feb. 15-27, 1909, cat. 31.
- New York, Anderson Art Galleries, "Illustrated Catalogue of Important Paintings by Distinguished Modern Artists from Private Collections," Mar. 8-9, 1910, cat. 93.
- Yonkers, New York, Hudson River Museum of Westchester, "John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings," Oct. 28, 1990-Jan. 6, 1991, cat. 34 (ill.); traveled.
Literature
Published references
- "John La Farge," Elizabeth Luther Cary, International Studio, 38:152 (Oct. 1909), lxxxiii-xc (ill.).
- "Pictures Sold at Auction," American Art Annual 8 (1910-1911), p. 372.
- John La Farge, Reminiscences of the South Seas (New York, 1912) (cover ill.).
- James L. Yarnall, "John La Farge and Henry Adams in the South Seas," American Art Journal, 20:1 (1988), pp. 51-109 (ill.).
- Yarnall, John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, (Hudson River Museum of Westchester,1991), fig. 34.
- Yarnall, Recreation and Idleness: The Pacific Travels of John La Farge (1998), p. 89 (ill.).
- ”The Pacific Travels of John LaFarge (sic) Recalled at Vance Jordan Fine Art," Antiques and The Arts Weekly (May 8, 1998), p. 94 (ill.).
- Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc., Recreation and Idleness: The Pacific Travels of John La Farge (1998), no. 114 (ill.).
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