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Small Card Decorated with Chrysanthemums and Morning Glory

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 and ink on thin card stock
Dates: ca. 1880
Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (7.8 x 11 cm)
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 2001.47.8
Credit Line: Bequest of Christiana C. Burnett
Image: Overall, 2001.47.8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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