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Provenance: The artist.
Estate of the above.
Sale: American Art Galleries, New York, 29-31 March 1911, no. 597.
Hamilton Easter Field, New York.
Robert L. Laurent, Brooklyn, New York, by bequest, 1922.
Mrs. David Cochran, Brooklyn, New York, by descent, 1966.
Graham Gallery, New York, 1966.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1967.
Carl Schaefer Denzel, Los Angeles, California.
Estate of the above, 1980.
Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, by bequest, 1984.
Bronson-Rollins & Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California, 1987.
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Exhibited: New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Exhibition of Glass, Oil and Water Color Paintings and Sketches by John La Farge, N.A., February 1909, no. 69.
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll & Richards, Catalogue of Oil and Water Color Paintings and Sketches by John La Farge, N.A., March-April 1909, no. 62.
New York, The Century Association, Exhibition Records of the Century, May 1909.
New York, Natural History Museum, Collection of Paintings made among the South Sea Islands by the Late John La Farge Loaned by Miss Grace Edith Barnes, Executrix, January 1911, no. 8.
New York, American Art Galleries, 1911, no. 597.
New York, Macbeth Gallery, John La Farge, 1835-1910, Loan Exhibition, April 10-May 15, 1948, no. 26.
New York, Graham Gallery, John La Farge (1835-1910), May 4-June 10, 1966, no. 54 (as Uponohu, Morning, Society Islands).
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, American Paintings from Los Angeles Collections, May 7-June 30, 1974.
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Literature: J. La Farge, Letter to Doll & Richards, Yale La Farge Family Papers, March 1909, D195, frames 83-84.
R.L. Laurent, Letter to Henry A. La Farge, Yale La Farge Family Papers, November 28, 1934, D195, frames 83-84.
Graham Gallery, John La Farge (1835-1910), exhibition catalogue, New York, 1966, n.p., no. 54 (as Uponohu, Morning, Society Islands).
H.A. La Farge, "John La Farge: A Reappraisal," Art News, vol. 65, May 1966, p. 29, illustrated.
H.A. La Farge, "Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge," New Haven, Connecticut, unpublished card file, La Farge Family Papers, circa 1934-74, no. 75 (oils).
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Notes: John La Farge (1835-1910)
Uponohu, End of Cook's Bay, Island of Moorea, Sunset
oil on canvas
19¼ x 30 in. (48. x 76.2 cm.)