Collections: American Art: Small Card Decorated with Landscape Motifs (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemums (verso)

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Small Card Decorated with Landscape Motifs (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemums (verso)

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 work and also collected and published widely on Japanese art; Grant La Farge's mother, Margaret, was the grandniece of Commodore Matthew Perry.

This text refers to these objects: 2001.47.3a-b; 2001.47.4a-b; 2001.47.5; 2001.47.6; 2001.47.7a-b; 2001.47.8; 2001.47.9

• Artist: Christopher Grant La Farge, American, 1862-1938
• Medium: Watercolor, ink, and metallic paint on thin card stock
• Dates: ca. 1880
• Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (7.8 x 11 cm)
• Signature: Signed monogram on recto, lower right: "GLF"
• Collections: American Art
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 2001.47.3a-b
• Credit Line: Bequest of Christiana C. Burnett
• Image: Overall, 2001.47.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Christopher Grant La Farge (American, 1862-1938). Small Card Decorated with Landscape Motifs (recto) and Stylized Chrysanthemums (verso), ca. 1880. Watercolor, ink, and metallic paint on thin card stock, 3 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (7.8 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Christiana C. Burnett, 2001.47.3a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2001.47.3.jpg)