Julien Viaud (Pierre Loti) (1850-1923)

Tahiti

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Julien Viaud (Pierre Loti) (1850-1923)
Tahiti
inscribed by the artist's son 'À Claude Farrère/en souvenir de "Loti dessinateur"/et avec toute mon affection/Samuel Loti Viaud' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink
7½ x 11¾in. (19.1 x 29.9cm.)

拍品專文

Viaud, a naval officer and novelist who wrote under the nom de plume Pierre Loti, visited Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia in 1872. For his drawings at Tahiti and Moorea, see C. Farrère, Cent Dessins de Pierre Loti, Tours, 1948, pp. 55-88.