Morning
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.George A. Schastey collaborated with John La Farge in incorporating the many stained-glass windows for Arabella Worsham’s house at 4 West Fifty-Fourth Street. This example presents a young woman in Grecian robes as an allegory of Morning. Paired with a similar window depicting Evening, the two windows were located in Worsham’s bedroom. Typical of La Farge’s work, the languid figure suggests the sensibilities of the British Pre-Raphaelite movement. The pair of windows are some of the earliest to include La Farge’s invention of opalescent glass, which provided texture, striations, and a completely new palette. Here, small glass "jewels" punctuate the composition. The background is highly decorative in its all-over patterning of leaves and berries, reminiscent of William Morris wallpaper of the period. The windows were among the artworks removed from the house when ownership was transferred to John D. Rockefeller in 1884.
Artwork Details
- Title: Morning
- Artist: John La Farge (American, New York 1835–1910 Providence, Rhode Island)
- Date: ca. 1881
- Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Leaded opalescent glass and painted decorated
- Dimensions: 48 × 35 1/2 in. (121.9 × 90.2 cm)
Framed: 51 × 39 in. (129.5 × 99.1 cm) - Credit Line: American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing