John La Farge's second paradise : voyages in the South Seas, 1890-1891 / Elisabeth Hodermarsky ; with essays by Henry Adams ... [et al.]

Hodermarsky, Elisabeth - Related Name: Yale University. Art Gallery

2010, First Edition. New Haven, CT : London : Yale University Art Gallery ; in association with Yale University Press. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; "Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, Conn. October 19, 2010-January 2, 2011, and at Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy Andover, Mass., January 22-March 27, 2011." Yale University Art Gallery series. Summary: In 1890, John La Farge (1835-1910) and his close friend, historian Henry Adams, embarked on a journey to the islands of the South Pacific, where the artist experienced a period of great creative output. This book showcases many of the most important oils, watercolours, and sketches to come out of La Farge's two-year voyage to the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is the first to place the artist's South Seas work in the broader context of exotic travel by artists and writers of the 19th century. Physical description: xvi, 224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 26 cm. Subjects: La Farge, John, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Exhibitions. Item #220494

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