PAPE'ETE HARBOUR, TAHITI, 1856
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CONRAD MARTENS
(1801 - 1878)
PAPE'ETE HARBOUR, TAHITI, 1856
watercolour on paper
31.0 x 46.0 cm
signed, inscribed and dated lower right: C Martens / Sydney 1856
bears inscription lower left: TAHEITA
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,360 (inc. BP) in Auction 36 - 27 August 2014, Sydney
Provenance
The Maher Family, Sydney
Thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney
Literature
Lindsay, L., Conrad Martens: The Man And His Art, Angus and Robertson, 1968, pl. 34 (illus., as 'Papeete Harbour, Tahiti', 1835)