Navuna, in Our House, Fiji Artist: John La Farge (American, 1835–1910, M.A. (Hon.) 1896)

1891

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

watercolor and gouache over graphite on buff wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (33.7 × 21.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Hay Whitney

Accession Number

1990.12.22

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Estate of the artist, NYC, 1910-1911; [sale, American Art Galleries, NYC, 29-31 Mar 1911 (849)]; purchased by Mrs. Payne (Helen Hay) Whitney, NYC, 1911 to her death in 1944; to her son, John Hay Whitney, NYC, 1944 to his death in 1983.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

watercolors

Inscriptions

Inscribed at LL to LC: The woman sat down timidly / She was carrying green basket of food / & [illeg.] / Sunday at Qabin Qabawala (Ngalawana) / Monday and Tuesday / Matakula; Inscribed at LR: Navuna / in our house; Inscribed in margin to right: Tree...

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