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Tai Sing Loo
River of Molten LavaApril 1819

Not on view
Black and white photograph of molten lava meeting the ocean at a Hawaiian coastline, with a large steam plume rising between palm trees as a crowd of onlookers watches from shore

Tai Sing Loo, River of Molten Lava, April 1819, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water

Artist or Maker
Tai Sing Loo
American, 1886 - 1971
Title
River of Molten Lava
Culture
Hawaiian
Place Made
Kingdom of Hawai'i, Kona, Hoʻōpūloa
Date Made
April 1819
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Primary support: 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.43 × 16.51 cm) Secondary support: 7 × 9 1/8 in. (17.78 × 23.18 cm)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water
Accession Number
M.2015.33.3103
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific