Sleep (Study of Female Figure Asleep)

John La Farge (1835-1910) Sleep (Study of Female Figure Asleep) signed 'Jno La Farge' (lower left)--signed and inscribed 'Study of a woman asleep./Dressed in Japanese Robe/of green crepe & white satin undergown./John La Farge N.A./51 W-10 st' (on a label affixed to the backing board) watercolor on paper 8 x 6½ in. (20.3 x 16.5 cm.), image; 12¼ x 10¼ in. (31.1 x 26 cm.), sheet Executed circa 1884-85.