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John Lafarge (1835 - 1910) Study of Reef, Tautira, Tahiti.

Sold for $10,000 at Swann Auction Galleries on Mar 6, 2025.

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JOHN LAFARGE (1835 - 1910) Study of Reef, Tautira, Tahiti. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1891. 280x324 mm; 11x12¾ inches. Provenance Swann Auction Galleries, New York, June 12, 2014, lot 21. Private collection, New York. Literature Art Property of John La Farge, Boston Evening Transcript, March 20, 1911, page 10 (illustrated). La Farge, Reminiscences of the South Seas, 1912, Garden City, New York, page 302 (illustrated). R. Yarnall, Recreation and Idleness: The Pacific Travels of John La Farge, 1998, New York, page 98 (illustrated).

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