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John LaFarge
1835-1910
Portrait Study of the Artist's Brother Frank
Brown chalk on pinkish-brown tinted paper; faint sketches of heads at lower left, in black chalk.
13 3/16 x 9 9/16 in. (335 x 243 mm)
Gift of Mr. Henry A. La Farge.
1983.78
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist in pencil at lower left, "Frank LF / 1857-8"; at upper right, numerical computations.
Provenance:
Gift of the artist (Lugt S. 2976a) to his son, Oliver La Farge; by descent to his son (the donor).
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 269
Notes:
Presumably a preparatory study for the drawing signed and dated 1858, in the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Associated names:
La Farge, Henry Adams, 1902- former owner.
La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963, former owner.
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