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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.63
People
John La Farge, American (New York, NY 1835 - 1910 Providence, RI)
Title
In Front of Our Gate, Pepeete, Tahiti
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1891
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371482

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
37 × 30.3 cm (14 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
frame: 54 × 50.2 cm (21 1/4 × 19 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, black ink: The island of Moorea on left: looking N. / In front of our gate. Papeete. Tahiti. Feby. 10. 91. morning. 10 to 12 M. / The tree is the Fao, called Buyao here: native canoes. / cumulus cloud should be detailed.
  • label: adhered to drawing, lower right: [printed in black:] 155
  • inscription: mount, graphite: a9343 [?] #1
  • inscription: verso of mount, lower left, black ink: Mr. Henry L. Higginson
  • inscription: sheet attached to mount: [black ink over graphite:] Water-Color / [in graphite:] #9 [brown ink over graphite:] "In front of our Gate - Papeete" / Handle With Care / Henry L. Higginson.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry Lee Higginson, by descent to; Cecile Higginson Murphy, North Abington, MA, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Cecile Higginson Murphy
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.63
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James L. Yarnall, John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, exh. cat., Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, NY, 1990), no. 104, fig. 35

Exhibition History

  • John La Farge: Watercolors and Drawings, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, 10/28/1990 - 01/06/1991; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, 02/09/1991 - 04/21/1991; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 06/15/1991 - 08/11/1991

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