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Figure drawing of a man in the clouds above and two figures below within an arch.

The man (Christ) is drawn at the top half of the arch, raises his right arm up, palm up, dressed in robes, with a halo around his head suggested by negative space. At the bottom half, a person on the left leans into the middle, lowered head resting on arms. The second man stands on the right, turned and looking right, his right arm raised above the head of the other person, his left arm is at his side, both wearing ancient dress. There’s a distant landscape of hills, water, and arched bridge in the middle.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.576
People
John La Farge, American (New York, NY 1835 - 1910 Providence, RI)
Title
The Resurrection, study for Welch Memorial Window, Trinity Church, Boston
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Christ in a Cloud Above Two Figures
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1902
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307973

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper mounted to heavy cardboard
Dimensions
39.3 x 27.5 cm (15 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)
mount: 43 x 29.6 cm (16 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Image dimensions are irregular: rounded at top.: 34 x 10.6 cm (13 3/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge of mount, graphite: 4'-10" x 15'-3 3/4" Rebate 1/2"
  • inscription: left edge, graphite: 4'10 x 15' 3 3/4
  • inscription: right edge of mount, graphite: 14 x [illeg.]
  • stamp: verso, l.l.c., black ink, stamped: Return to / John La Farge, / 51 W. 10th St., New York

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold at La Farge estate sale, 1911; to Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.576
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  • Henry A. La Farge, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge, Unpublished (n.d.), card 952
  • "Exhibition of La Farge's Pictures, Drawings and Sketches", Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA, February 26, 1904), p. 10, The Fine Arts section, p. 10
  • Helen Barbara Weinberg, "The Decorative Work of John La Farge" (Thesis, Columbia University, 1977), Garland Press, pp. 403 - 404, reproduced fig. 297

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition and Private Sale of Pictures, Drawings and Sketches by Mr. John La Farge, Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston, 02/26/1904 - 03/16/1904
  • Paintings and Drawings by John La Farge, Seattle Fine Arts Association, Seattle, 01/04/1909 - 01/16/1909

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