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Waterfall in Japan
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1855
Medium/Technique
Graphite and white watercolor on yellow-gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 38 x 27.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.916
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 465
DescriptionFigures in foreground, waterfall in background.
Marks
Annotated in graphite on verso: 98
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Water Fall / at Launch Cove East of Japan 1855; lower right: Kern
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959