Ku Ku (The Dove), a Samoan Maiden

Edward Roper (1830-1909)

Ku Ku (The Dove), a Samoan Maiden

watercolour on paper
29.5 x 49.0 cm
signed lower left: E Roper.

bears inscription verso: 2191/ 2/ 50/ Ku Ku (the Dove)/ a Samoan Maiden

Provenance:
Private collection, New Zealand

Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 25 November 2021, lot 221 (as C. Roper, A Samvan Maiden)

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
(probably) Exhibition of Colonial Paintings, Burlington Gallery, London, 1873 (as "Ku-Ku" (The Dove), a Samoan Maiden, Samoa, Navigators' Island, South Pacific)

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $12000