Small Card Decorated with Landscape (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemum (verso) Christopher Grant La Farge (American, 1862-1938). Small Card Decorated with Landscape (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemum (verso), ca. 1880. Watercolor, black ink, and metallic paint over graphite on very thin card stock, 3 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. ( x 11 cm). Created for use as calling cards, place cards, or menu cards, these charming items indicate how the “Japan craze” permeated all facets of artistic production. Grant La Farge’s familiarity with Japanese motifs (such as Mount Fuji, chrysanthemums, and bamboo shoots)
Small Card Decorated with Landscape (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemum (verso) Christopher Grant La Farge (American, 1862-1938). Small Card Decorated with Landscape (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemum (verso), ca. 1880. Watercolor, black ink, and metallic paint over graphite on very thin card stock, 3 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. ( x 11 cm). Created for use as calling cards, place cards, or menu cards, these charming items indicate how the “Japan craze” permeated all facets of artistic production. Grant La Farge’s familiarity with Japanese motifs (such as Mount Fuji, chrysanthemums, and bamboo shoots) undoubtedly came from his family. His father, the artist John La Farge, embraced Japanese aesthetics in his own art and also collected and published widely on Japanese art; Grant La Farge’s mother, Margaret, was the grandniece of Commodore Matthew Perry. American Art ca. 1880
Size: 2616px × 1911px
Photo credit: © BBM / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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