John La Farge

American, 1835–1910

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Medium: Watercolor on paper
Size: 5.25 x 8 in. (13.3 x 20.3 cm.)
Markings: Inscribed and dated on label affixed to verso in hand of Edward W. Hooper "Kilauea, Hawaii / noon, Sept. / heavy clouds, crater basin / (black lava shining) / for all is shown from upper / clouds which come down on both / sides. Cone becomes just / visible through stream"

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Guilford / New York

Movement: Modern Art
Provenance: Edward William Hooper, Boston, until his death in 1901;
His daughter, Mrs. Greely S. (Fanny Hooper) Curtis, Boston, 1901 – her death in 1963;
Her son, Greely S. Curtis, Jr., Cambridge, MA, 1963 - his death in 1980.
Exhibitions: Paris, Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, "Études, esquisses, dessins, Souvenirs et notes de voyage (1886 et 1890-91) par John La Farge," 24 April – May 1895, no. 54, p. 12.
Boston, Doll & Richards Gallery, "Exhibition and Private Sale of Paintings in Watercolor and Oil from the South Sea Islands and Japan by Mr. John La Farge," 14-20(?) February 1895, cat. no. 54