Ivar Arosenius Swedish, 1878-1909
The Emperor of Honoluli (Honoluli Kejsare), 1908
Watercolour on paper
18.5 x 17.5 cm
7 1/4 x 6 7/8 in
7 1/4 x 6 7/8 in
Clase Fine Art
“His Highness of Honoluli Emperor of Honoluli he sits on his throne, Women with little palm-leafs, they cool his person, And well-fed missionaries that swam out like rafts Are served...
“His Highness of Honoluli
Emperor of Honoluli he sits on his throne,
Women with little palm-leafs, they cool his person,
And well-fed missionaries that swam out like rafts
Are served to his majesty from a big cauldron,
And wine from many a pretty bottle he merrily swallows down,
And in a greasy state of well-being he looks upon life
[...]”
Verse, in Swedish, found in the manuscript Vällingklockan by Ivar Arosenius, reproduced in Asplund, 1928, pp 161-2
Emperor of Honoluli he sits on his throne,
Women with little palm-leafs, they cool his person,
And well-fed missionaries that swam out like rafts
Are served to his majesty from a big cauldron,
And wine from many a pretty bottle he merrily swallows down,
And in a greasy state of well-being he looks upon life
[...]”
Verse, in Swedish, found in the manuscript Vällingklockan by Ivar Arosenius, reproduced in Asplund, 1928, pp 161-2
Provenance
Eva Arosenius, at least until 1928Literature
Asplund, 1928, p 161.Romdal, Axel, Ivar Arosenius Sagor, Stockholm, Åhlen & Åkerlunds Förlag, 1939, p. 36, illustration p. 37