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Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

John La Farge

A Torii on Shore of Lake Chusenji, Japan. Fishermen Pushing Out Their Boat

Auction Closed

January 24, 06:08 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

John La Farge

1835 - 1910


A Torii on Shore of Lake Chusenji, Japan. Fishermen Pushing Out Their Boat

watercolor, gouache and pencil on paperboard

8 ⅝ by 11 ⅛ in.

21.9 by 28.1 cm.

Executed in 1886.

Susan Channing Cabot Lyman, Waltham, Massachusetts

Susan Channing Lyman Wearn (acquired by descent from the above circa 1934)

Susan Lyman Wearn Drew, Brooklin, Maine (acquired as a gift from the above circa 2014)

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Skinner, Boston, 21 September 2018, lot 263 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

New York, Vance Jordan Fine Art, Recreation and Idleness: The Pacific Travels of John La Farge, 1998, no. 59, pp. 37-38, illustrated in color