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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 774

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: [on tree trunk at upper right]: LA FARGE / 1870

Inscription: [on the back before lining]: J. La Farge / 1870 / no. 18 / Sale / April 17, 1884

Marking: [stamped on canvas on the back]: GOUPIL'S / 170 / FIFTH / N.Y.
Provenance

the artist, 1870–1884; sale, Ortgies and Company, New York, 17 Apr. 1884, no. 18; Otto Weir Heinigke Sr., New York, 1884–1909; Daniel Chester French, New York, as agent, 1909; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York and Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909
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