The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Double Study of Dawn, Moorea Seen across the Water, Tahiti

Double Study of Dawn, Moorea Seen across the Water, Tahiti

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: [above top sketch on sheet at right of center in graphite]: [arrow pointing to sky in drawing] more pink only a blush; [at lower right of top sketch on sheet in margin in graphite]: all / prhps still / more neutral / soft high [illegible] / dawn on Moorea / more [darker] in sea; [at lower right of bottom sketch on sheet in the margin in graphite]: [arrow pointing to sky in drawing] make / more blue / [straight or sharper]; [beneath bottom sketch on sheet in graphite]: [arrow pointing to various parts of the sea in the drawing] green reflect greener; [on the back in ink]: Dawn, immediate sketch / On board our boat / between Tahiti & Moorea / June 1891 Jno La Farge / the frame openings too big

Marking: WATER H.G. [chain border]
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Who
John La Farge (44)
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