Entrance to the River of Tautira, Man in Canoe, Pink Cloud

PROVENANCE

Purchase, Henry Lee Higginson, Boston, by 1895-d. 1919; his wife,

Mrs. Henry Lee (Ida Agassiz) Higginson, Boston, 1919-d. 1935; her nephew and his wife,

Mr. and Mrs. George Russell Agassiz, Boston, 1935-1951; Mrs. George Russell (Mabel

Simpkins) Agassiz, Boston, 1951-d. 1961; her niece, Mrs. Gordon C. (Anna Agassiz)

Prince, South Hamilton, MA, 1961-d. 1973; her husband, Gordon C. Prince, South

Hamilton, MA, 1973-d. 1983; his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Prince Margolis, Andover, MA,

1983-1985; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Gordon A. Prince, Weston, MA,1985-

EXHIBITED

Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Paintings, Studies, Sketches and

Drawings, Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91 by John La Farge,25 Feb.

-25 Mar. 1895, no. 152; Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Etudes, esquisses,

dessins: Souvenirs et notes de voyage (1886 et 1890-91) par John La Farge, 24 Apr.

-May 1895, no. 152; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, “La Farge Memorial Exhibition,

” 1-31 Jan. 1911 (no cat.); Peabody Museum, Salem, MA, Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings by John La Farge (1835-1910) from His Travels in the South Seas, 1890-1891, 1 Feb.-May 1 1978, no. 43

MANUSCRIPTS

Bancel La Farge, “[List of Lenders, Durand-Ruel Exhibition]” (New

Haven, Connecticut: Unpublished Ms., La Farge Family Papers, [1895]), no. 152; Henry

A. La Farge, “Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of John La Farge” (New Haven,

Connecticut: Unpublished Card File, La Farge Family Papers, [c. 1934-74]), card 413

ARCHIVAL SOURCES: BMFA, Prints and Drawings Department, Loan Card No.

1774.10 (1910)

Exhibited at Durand-Ruel in New York in 1895 as “Entrance to Tautira River. Study of

After-Glow. Tahiti. Society Islands, 1891. ” This was followed by the note:

I looked up the river in the light of the afterglow, which is the perpetual light of the

evening. One seemed to see everything accentuated and as in a dark mirror. The

reflections were those of the land; the natives crossed the water in boats for bathing

to places known by them; the red skins of the bare bodies of the men, the flaming

red of women’s dresses or their white gowns made spots like feathers of tropical

birds in the glassy reflections.