Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
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Nov 16, 2021
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Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition
In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, recent Harvard University graduate, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.
The results of his self-funded expedition is an extraordinary collection of hundreds of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters left untouched for 85 years.
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LOT 261:
The Surviving Works of Sharaku Louis Vernon Ledoux
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Sold for: $550
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The Surviving Works of Sharaku Louis Vernon Ledoux
"The Surviving Works of Sharaku" by Harold G Henderson and Louis V Ledoux. Published by E. Weyhe New York on behalf of the Society of Japanese Studies. 1939. First Edition. 12 1/4 L x 9 1/4" W. Accompanied by various correspondence with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The New York Public Library, The Frick Collection, The Grolier Club, The Carnegie Corporation and Louis V Ledoux regarding the publication of the volume. Also included are press clippings from American and Japanese Publications.
