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John La Farge

The Great Pali, 1890

Description

Maker

  • John La Farge, 1835-1910, American

Title

The Great Pali

Year

1890

Medium

Oil on wood panel

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • wood panel

Dimensions

30.5 x 26.7 cm (12 x 10 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.397

Projects & Publications

Publications

John La Farge's Second Paradise

Voyages in the South Seas, 1890-1891

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An American Idyll

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

After Eden

April 26 - December 29, 1996

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

The Ocean

August 17 - October 7, 1990

From the Great Pali is a result of LaFarge's trip in 1890-91 with the historian Henry Adams to the South Seas, which included visits to Hawaii, Tahiti, and Samoa. The Great Pali is a volcanic mountain pass which rises 994 feet above the valley of Nuuanu behind Honolulu, where LaFarge and Adams stayed while in Hawaii. Adams described the vista from the Great Pali as "one of the most beautiful views in the world" as it stretches over the volcanic mountains to the shimmering ocean beyond.

American Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

June 26, 1987 - January 3, 1988

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

To Look on Nature

February 3 - March 5, 1972

Days Gone By

July 1 - September 26, 1971

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