Impressionist & Modern Art | New York

Impressionist & Modern Art | New York

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 47. Illustration for Herman Melville's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life.

Property from a Private Collection, Texas

Miguel Covarrubias

Illustration for Herman Melville's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Lot Closed

March 11, 07:45 PM GMT

Estimate

18,000 - 22,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Texas

Miguel Covarrubias

1904 - 1957

Illustration for Herman


Melville's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life 

Signed Covarrubias (lower right) 

Watercolor and gouache on paper

14 by 17 in. (35.6 by 43.2 cm)

Framed: 21 1/4 by 24 in. (54 by 61 cm)

Executed circa 1935.  

Sale: Eldred's, Massachusetts, August 1, 2019, lot 80 
Acquired from the above