Old Catalogue
Manuscripts, oral history and pictures catalogue
Adlib Internet Server 5
Try the new catalogue. Start exploring now ›

Details



Print
440576
  • Title
    Charles Sarka - Tahiti nui: narrative of an artist in the South Seas
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PMB 34
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    440576
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : PMB 34
  • Physical Description
    ne microfilm reel 35 mm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Charles Sarka (1879-1960) was born in Chicago. He began a career as an artist in his early teens; visited Egypt in 1902 and Tahiti and Moorea in 1903; and was a frequent contributor to such American magazines as Collier's Scribner's, Cosmopolitan, Everybody's and Harper's in his later years. An exhibition of water colours which he did in Tahiti and Moorea was held in New York in 1963. Examples of his work were bought by some of America's leading art galleries
  • Scope and Content
    "Tahiti nui" is a narrative of Sarka's life during his sojourn in Tahiti and Moorea, 1903
  • General note

    PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 34
    Available for reference
    Microfilm copy of original in private ownership
    No part of this typescript may be reproduced before the year 2010 without the consent of the Estate of Charles Sarka. Application to do so should be made to Mr Richard Steel, Attorney at Law, 61 Broadway, New york, N. Y., 10016, U. S. A.
  • Creator/Author/Artist
  • Name
  • Subject
  • Browse collection hierarchy
  • Manuscript Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

Share this result by email