- Artist
- Alfred J. Oakley 1878–1959
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Object: 476 × 311 × 171 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1926
- Reference
- N04194
Catalogue entry
N04194 MAMUA c. 1926
Inscr. ‘A.J. Oakley’ behind at l.
Pearwood, 18 3/4×12 1/4×6 3/4 (47·5×31×17).
Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1926.
Exh: R.A., 1926 (1421), as ‘Malua’.
The title comes from Rupert Brooke's South Sea poem Tiare Tahiti which begins, ‘Mamua, when our laughter ends’. It was exhibited as ‘Malua’ by mistake.
Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II