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Mamua
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1926
adults
body
Brooke, Rupert, ‘Tiare Tahiti’
ethnicity
hair
head / face
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
people
Polynesian
woman
sculpture wood
Mamua
object: 476 × 311 × 171 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1926
<p><b>N04194</b> MAMUA <i>c.</i> 1926
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<br/>Inscr. ‘A.J. Oakley’ behind at l.
<br/>Pearwood, 18 3/4×12 1/4×6 3/4 (47·5×31×17).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1926.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1926 (1421), as ‘Malua’.</p>
<p>The title comes from Rupert Brooke's South Sea poem <i>Tiare Tahiti</i> which begins, ‘Mamua, when our laughter ends’. It was exhibited as ‘Malua’ by mistake.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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adults body Brooke, Rupert, ‘Tiare Tahiti’ ethnicity hair head / face literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) people Polynesian woman