Rotorua, New Zealand
1901
Hand-colored photograph in original custom frame
Height: 10 in (25.4 cm); Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)
Provenance: David Simmons, Auckland, New Zealand
This panoramic photograph by R. P. Moore depicts Māori poi dancers at Rotorua, one of the central locations for Māori performance and early tourism in New Zealand. The long horizontal format gives the image a broad staged presence, allowing the dancers, landscape, and gathering context to be read together. The hand coloring adds period visual emphasis while preserving the documentary structure of the photograph.
R. P. Moore worked from Wellington and is known for panoramic photographs that recorded New Zealand landscapes, towns, and public scenes in the early twentieth century. This example remains in its original custom frame, giving the object added integrity as a period presentation. The David Simmons provenance connects the work to a respected Auckland collector and scholar associated with Māori and Pacific material.
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Rotorua, New Zealand
1901
Hand-colored photograph in original custom frame
Height: 10 in (25.4 cm); Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)
Provenance: David Simmons, Auckland, New Zealand
This panoramic photograph by R. P. Moore depicts Māori poi dancers at Rotorua, one of the central locations for Māori performance and early tourism in New Zealand. The long horizontal format gives the image a broad staged presence, allowing the dancers, landscape, and gathering context to be read together. The hand coloring adds period visual emphasis while preserving the documentary structure of the photograph.
R. P. Moore worked from Wellington and is known for panoramic photographs that recorded New Zealand landscapes, towns, and public scenes in the early twentieth century. This example remains in its original custom frame, giving the object added integrity as a period presentation. The David Simmons provenance connects the work to a respected Auckland collector and scholar associated with Māori and Pacific material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
