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PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND*

THEODORE WORES (1860-1939)

Samoan Landscape

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THEODORE WORES (1860-1939)
Samoan Landscape
signed, inscribed and dated 'Theodore Wores Apia 1902' (lower left)
oil on panel
20 x 14¾ in. (50.8 x 37.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Theodore Wores traveled to Hawaii and Samoa in 1901 and painted a number of works depicting the native peoples and their tropical landscape, including the present painting, during his year and a half in the region. Samoan Landscape reveals the artist's careful attention to detail and precise painting style in the wide variety of flora depicted as well as in the architecture and local costume on the figure in the foreground.