$53,325
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910) Himene at Fara. Tahiti. Midday. At the Queen's Home , 1891 Unsigned, inscribed "Young men playing & singing at Faaa/at...by Marau at her place/they...together so...get the pitch. May 91./..."ufe-potapota" name of flute" in pencil and numbered "180" on a label in the margin l.l., "This face...yellow in value..." in pencil u.r., and "Mr. Henry L. Higginson." in ink on the reverse. Watercolor and graphite on paper, sheet size 10 15/16 x 12 in. (27.8 x 30.5 cm), unframed. Condition: Acid burn, toning, tape residue. Provenance: Henry Lee Higginson, Boston, ca. 1893-d. 1919; by descent in the Higginson family. Literature: "Pictures by John La Farge," New York Times , Feb. 26, 1895, p. 3; John La Farge, Reminiscences of the South Seas (New York: Doubleday and Company, 1912), ill. opp. p. 86 (as The Flute Player. Samoa ); Bancel La Farge, "[List of Lenders, Durand-Ruel Exhibition]," (New Haven, Connecticut: Unpublished Ms., La Farge Family Papers, [1895]), no. 180; Elizabeth Hutcheson Carrell, "John La Farge: Renaissance Spirit in America," (Austin, Texas: Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Texas, May 1972), p. 106 (ill. p. 127); Prints and Drawings Department, Loan Card No. 1769.10 (1910); Archives of American Art, Macbeth Papers (not microfilmed), Stockbook 1922-1954, 22 no. 84 (1 Jan. 1943). Exhibitions: Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings, Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-9 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-21
