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This artwork, Snow: January, Southerly Wind, Cloudy Sky, and Sunlight by John La Farge, is currently for sale at William Vareika Fine Arts.
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TITLE:
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Snow: January, Southerly Wind, Cloudy Sky, and Sunlight
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WORK DATE:
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1879
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CATEGORY:
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Paintings
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MATERIALS:
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Oil on canvas
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SIZE:
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h: 12 x w: 14 in / h: 30.5 x w: 35.6 cm
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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PROVENANCE:
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[sale, Leonard's Gallery, Boston, 18-19 Dec. 1879 (Oils 27)];
probable purchase, Henry Lee Higginson, Boston, 1879-d. 1919;
his wife, Mrs. Henry Lee (Ida Agassiz) Higginson, Boston, 1919-d. 1935;
her son, Alexander Henry Higginson, Lincoln, MA and Dorset, England, 1935-d. 1964;
his wife, Mrs. Alexander Henry (Mary Newcomb) Higginson, Dorset, England, 1964-d. 1966;
Estate of Mary Newcomb Higginson, Dorset, England and New York, NY, 1966-1967;
purchase, Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1967-1968
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LITERATURE:
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'The La Farge Paintings,' Boston Post, 17 Dec. 1879, p. 3;
'Art Sale in Boston,' New York Times, 23 Dec. 1879, p. 5;
'The Fine Arts. La Farge's Work,' Boston Evening Transcript, 28 Dec. 1910, p. 19;
Guy Pene du Bois, 'The Case of John La Farge,' Arts Magazine, vol. 17 (Jan. 1931), p. 255;
'Images,' Arts Magazine, vol. 42 (Feb. 1968), p. ill. 3;
H. Barbara Weinberg, 'John La Farge--The Relation of his Illustrations to His Ideal Art,' American Art Journal, vol. 5 (May 1973), p. 58;
Richard J. Boyle, American Impressionism (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974), p. 42;
[Advertisement, Kennedy Galleries], Art and Antiques, Feb. 1986, col. ill. 4
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EXHIBITION HISTORY:
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Leonard's Gallery, Boston, The Drawings, Water-Colors, and Oil-Paintings by John La Farge. To be Sold at Auction, 18-19 Dec. [1879], no. 27 (oils);
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Catalogue of the Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition, 25 Jan.-25 Mar. 1904, no. 19;
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 'La Farge Memorial Exhibition,' 1-31 Jan. 1911 (no cat.);
Kennedy Galleries, New York, John La Farge, Oils and Watercolors, 24 Jan.-14 Feb. 1968, no. 3 See artist's file
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