Property from the Estate of Angela Gross Folk
John La Farge
Angel of Prophesy
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 20, 04:43 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Angela Gross Folk
John La Farge
1835 - 1910
Angel of Prophesy
signed J La Farge and dated -1882 (lower left)
watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper laid down to card
12 ¼ by 9 ¾ in.
31.1 by 24.8 cm.
Executed in 1882.
Rose Abrams, Brooklyn
Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York
Parke-Bernet, New York, 7 December 1939, lot 196A (consigned by the above; as Woman on Steps)
A. Sims (acquired from the above)
Dr. Allan E. Robertson, New York
Christie's New York, 4 December 1987, lot 120 (as Female Figure)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Boston, Doll and Richards, 1892, no. R (as Study for Prophesying Angel)
Yonkers, New York, The Hudson River Museum, John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, 1990, no. 61, pl. 3, pp. 107 and 126, illustrated (as Study of Female Figure, Intended to Illustrate a Verse of Isaiah)