DrawingsAmerican19th century

In Front of Our Gate, Pepeete, Tahiti

1891

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37 × 30.3 cm (14 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.) frame: 54 × 50.2 cm (21 1/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

Provenance

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

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