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Andromeda

John La Farge

American, 1835–1910

Andromeda

1859

Medium oil on academy board
Dimensions 9 1/4 x 6 1/16 in. (23.5 x 15.4 cm)
Object Number 1966.9
Acquisition Gift of L. Bancel La Farge, 1966
Status Off View

Image Caption

John La Farge, Andromeda, 1859, oil on academy board. Clark Art Institute, gift of L Bancel La Farge, 1966.9

Select Bibliography

Century Association, New York. Monthly Exhibition. January 1875. Philadelphia. Centennial Loan Exhibition. 1875. Graham Gallery, New York. John La Farge. May-June 1966. R[ensselaer], M[ariana] G[riswold] v[an]. National Academy of Design, New York: 53rd Annual Exhibition. 3. The American Art and Building News. April 27, 1878.. . "National Academy of Design: Final Notice.". 26.. The Nation.. May 30, 1878.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. 1955-1980: A Twenty-Five Year Report. Clark Art Institute. 1980. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Conrads, Margaret C. American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. La Farge, Henry, Mary La Farge, and James Yarnall. John La Farge: Catalogue Raisonné.. New Haven: Yale University Press.. National Academy of Design. 53rd Annual Exhibition. Exhibition catalogue. New York: National Academy of Design, 1878.

Provenance

To Mrs. Christopher Grant Perry (the artist's mother-in-law), Philadelphia, by 1875; to Bancel La Farge (the artist's son), Mount Carmel, Connecticut, 1903; to Mabel Hooper La Farge (his wife), 1938; to L. Bancel La Farge (their son), New York, 1942; gift to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, June 1966.

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