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Kwannon, (painting). Artist:  La Farge, John, 1835-1910, painter. Title:  Kwannon, (painting). Other Titles:  Kwannon Meditating on Human Life, (painting). Kwaunon, (painting). Dates:  1908. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  36 x 34 in. (91.4 x 86.4 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) John La Farge signed Subject:  Mythology -- Asian -- Kwannon Religion -- Buddhism Landscape -- Waterfall Figure female -- Full length Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44502 Accession Number: 918-O-106 Provenance:  Acquired 1918. References:  "Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of American Art," Youngstown, OH: Butler Art Institute, 1951. Butler Institute of American Art, "Sixty years of collecting American art: an index to the permanent collection," Youngstown, OH: The Institute, 1979. Marling, Karal Ann, "Looking back: a perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition," Rochester, N.Y.: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1988, no. 53. "John La Farge: essays [exhibition]," New York: Abbeville Press, 1987, pl. 74. Sweetkind, Irene S., ed., "Master Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with The Butler Institute of American Art, 1994, pg. 154. Sweetkind, Irene S., ed., "The Butler Institute of American Art Index of the Permanent Collection," Youngstown, OH: Butler Institute of American Art, 1997, pg. 105. "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Butler Institute of American Art," Youngstown, OH: Butler Institute of American Art, 1979, pg. 24. Illustration:  Image on file. Marling, Karal Ann, "Looking back: a perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition," Rochester, N.Y.: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1988, pg. 40. "John La Farge: essays [exhibition]," New York: Abbeville Press, 1987, pg. 106. Sweetkind, Irene S., ed., "Master Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with The Butler Institute of American Art, 1994, pg. 154. Sweetkind, Irene S., ed., "The Butler Institute of American Art Index of the Permanent Collection," Youngstown, OH: Butler Institute of American Art, 1997, pg. 105. "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Butler Institute of American Art," Youngstown, OH: Butler Institute of American Art, 1979, pg. 24. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 42830031   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 42830031 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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