Figure drawing of a seated woman in profile dressed in classical style robes, facing left.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A woman sits in a simple wooden chair as she pensively looks to the left, her left arm is bent, two fingers touch underneath her chin. Her torso is turned slightly towards us as her right arm reaches across her crossed knee gently holding the garment to make an arch in the drapery folds. Her wavey hair is neat and short, bunched along the neckline. Her bare foot peaks out from under the dress, and some of the garment rests on the floor by the side of the chair.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1970.106
People
John La Farge, American (New York, NY 1835 - 1910 Providence, RI)
Title
Seated Woman: Study for Saint Paul Preaching at Athens (Window, Columbia University)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Three Standing Female Figures
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1906
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309070

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
25.6 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: St. Paul preaching at Athens / study for
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Study for Columbia window
  • inscription: verso, graphite: by John La Farge
  • inscription: verso, graphite: #125.0
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Sale of [ ] / from Lafa[rge] [inscription cut off at right margin]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Alfred Mansfield Brooks, Swarthmore PA, 1925, To his wife Mrs. Brooks at his death, 1963.
Mrs. Arthur Mansfield (Ruth Steele) Brooks, Swarthmore PA, From her husband at his death, 1963, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Alfred Mansfield Brooks
Accession Year
1970
Object Number
1970.106
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry A. La Farge, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge, Unpublished (n.d.), card 996
  • Alfred Mansfield Brooks, "Drawings by Benjamin West", The Art Bulletin, College Art Association of America (September 1925), vol. 8, p. 25, ill. p. 28
  • Helen Barbara Weinberg, "The Decorative Work of John La Farge" (Thesis, Columbia University, 1977), Garland Press, p. 420, reproduced fig. 346
  • Raymond J. Steiner, "John La Farge at the Hudson River Museum", The Art Times (December 1990), 7, p. 1
  • James L. Yarnall, John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, exh. cat., Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, NY, 1990), no. 146

Exhibition History

  • John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, 10/28/1990 - 01/06/1991; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, 02/09/1991 - 04/21/1991

Verification Level

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