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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures
    John La Farge. Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures, 1890/91. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00006147

    Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures

    by John La Farge

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Provenance

    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.

    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.

    Publications

    "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.).

    Open-access museum data

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    John La Farge / American, 1835-1910
    Date
    1890/91
    Medium
    Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with pastel, on cream wove paper (left); watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper (center); watercolor and opaque watercolor, with touches of pastel, on cream wove paper (right), mounted overall to pulp board
    Dimensions
    Left: 35.9 × 31.5 cm (14 3/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Center: 35.2 × 26.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Right: 34.4 × 26.5 cm (13 9/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    paper
    Place
    United States
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Gift of Bud and Ellie Frank
    Accession no.
    2014.1148

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