Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures
1890/91
Medium
Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with pastel, on cream wove paper (left); watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper (center); watercolor and opaque watercolor, with touches of pastel, on cream wove paper (right), mounted overall to pulp board
Dimensions
Left: 35.9 × 31.5 cm (14 3/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Center: 35.2 × 26.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Right: 34.4 × 26.5 cm (13 9/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
paper
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
223822
About the Artist
John La Farge · 1835–1910
John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...