PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)

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PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)

Clovis endormi

signed and dated ‘p Gauguin 84’ (upper left)

oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (46 x 55.5 cm.)

Painted in Rouen in 1884





Provenance

Hermann Thaulow, Tromsø [the artist's brother-in-law], probably a gift from the artist.

Pauline Elizabeth Thaulow, Tromsø [the artist's sister-in-law], by descent from the above in 1890.

Hans Jacob Horst, Oslo, by descent from the above in 1929.

(Possibly) Anonymous sale, Blomqvist, Oslo, circa 1934-1935.

Private collection, Norway.

Arndt Holm, Bergen, before 1972, and thence by descent; sale, Kornfeld, Bern, 23-25 June 1982, lot 226.

Spafford Establishment, Lichtenstein.

Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.

Acquired from the above on 23 April 1984, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

(Probably) Letter from Paul Gauguin to Camille Pissarro, late September 1884.

(Probably) Gauguin's sketchbook, circa 1888-1890.

P. Gauguin, Paul Gauguin, mon père, Paris, 1938 (illustrated).

L. van Dowski, Paul Gauguin oder die Flucht vor der Zivilisation, Zurich, 1950, no. 39a, p. 339 (titled 'Portrait de Clovis Gauguin').

G. Wildenstein, Gauguin, vol. I, Paris, 1964, no. 81, pp. 33 & 34 (illustrated p. 34; titled 'Clovis Gauguin’, dated '1883' and with incorrect provenance).

C. Chassé, Gauguin sans légendes, Paris, 1965, p. 89 (illustrated p. 88; titled 'Clovis Gauguin', dated '1883' and with incorrect provenance).

G. M. Sugana, Tour l'œuvre peint de Gauguin, Milan, 1972, no. 12, p. 87 (illustrated; titled 'Clovis Gauguin' and dated '1883').

V. Jirat-Wasiutynski, Gauguin in the Context of Symbolism, Princeton, 1975, no.2, p. 85.

Y. le Pichon, Sur les traces de Gauguin, Paris, 1986, p. 258 (illustrated p. 30; titled 'Portrait d'un enfant de Gauguin dormant' and dated '1883').

M. Prather & C.F. Stuckey, eds., Gauguin: A Retrospective, New York, 1987, p. 21 (illustrated pl. 5; titled 'Sleeping Boy').

R. Brettell, F. Cachin, C. Fraches-Thory & C. F. Stuckey, The Art of Paul Gauguin, Washington, 1988, no. 13, pp. 36 & 37 (illustrated p. 37; titled 'Sleeping Child').

C. Estienne, Gauguin, Paris, 1989, p. 19 (illustrated; titled 'Enfant endormi' and dated '1886').

F. Cachin, Gauguin: The Quest for Paradise, London, 1992 (illustrated p. 22; titled 'Sleeping Child').

V. Jirat-Wasiutynski, Gauguin in the Context of Symbolism, Princeton, 1975, no. 2, p. 85.

A. Ellridge, Gauguin et les Nabis, Paris, 1993, p. 22 (illustrated; titled 'Enfant endormi' and dated '1888').

J-P. Zingg, Les éventails de Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1996, no. 1, p. 16 (illustrated; titled 'Enfant endormi').

C. Becker, ed., Paul Gauguin: Tahiti, exh. cat., Stuttgart, 1998, p. 89 (illustrated fig. 2; titled 'Child Sleeping').

B. Thomson, ed., Gauguin by himself, London, 1998, no. 13, p. 303 (illustrated p. 25; titled 'Child Asleep').

D. Wildenstein, Gauguin, Premier itinéraire d'un sauvage, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint (1873-1888), vol. I, Paris, 2001, no. 151, p. 171 (illustrated).

E.M. Zafran, ed., Gauguin’s Nirvana: Painters at Le Pouldu 1889-90, exh. cat., Hartford, 2001, no. 185, p. 136 (illustrated; titled 'Sleeping Child').

R.R. Brettell & A.-B. Fonsmark, eds., Gauguin and Impressionism, exh. cat., Copenhagen, 2005, p. 100 (illustrated fig. 71).

R. Shiff, 'Lucky Cézanne' in Cézanne and Beyond, exh. cat., Philadelphia, 2009, pp. 88 & 89 (illustrated fig. 3.11, p. 89).



Exhibited

(Possibly) Christiania, Kunstudstilling, Autumn 1884, no. 31 or 32 (titled ‘Nature Mort’).

Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, The Art of Paul Gauguin, May - July 1988, no. 13, pp. 36 & 37 (illustrated pp. 17 & 37; titled 'Sleeping Child'); this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Art Institute, September - December 1988 and Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, January - April 1989, no. 13, pp. 63 & 64 (illustrated pp. 47 & 63; titled 'Enfant endormi').

Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Gauguin et l'École de Pont-Aven, April - May 1993, no. 1, pp. 24 & 25 (illustrated p. 25); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, June - July 1993; Hokkaido, Museum of Modern Art, July - August 1993; Mie, Prefectural Art Museum, September - October 1993 and Koriyama, City Museum of Art, October - November 1993.

Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gauguin and the Pont-Aven School, May - July 1994, no. 1, pp. 26 & 217 (illustrated p. 27).

Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven, September - October 1994, no. 1, p. 30 (illustrated p. 31); this exhibition later travelled to Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, November 1994 - January 1995; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, February - April 1995; Memphis, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, May - July 1995; San Diego, Museum of Art, July - October 1995; Portland, Art Museum, November 1995 - January 1996; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, June - September 1996 and Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, October 1996 - January 1997.

Künzelsau, Museum Würth, Gauguin und die Schule von Pont-Aven, March - June 1997, no. 1, pp. 50 & 51 (illustrated p. 49).

Washington, The Phillips Collection, Impressionist Still Life, September - January 2002, pp. 152 & 153 (illustrated pl. 67, p. 153); this exhibition later travelled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, February - June 2002.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, on long term loan, from 2008 until 2023.

London, Tate Modern, Gauguin: Maker of Myth, September 2010 - January 2011, p. 240 (illustrated pl. 24, p. 96); this exhibition later travelled to Washington, National Gallery of Art, February - June 2011.

Chicago, The Art Institute, Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, June - September 2017, no. 13, p. 97 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, October 2017 - January 2018.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Gauguin: Portraits, May - September 2019, no. 122, pp. 217 & 258 (illustrated p. 216); this exhibition later travelled to London, National Gallery, October 2019 - January 2020.



Further Details

This work has been requested for the upcoming exhibition Paul Gauguin and the development of a new pictorial language to be held at Kunstforum Wien, Vienna from October 2024 to January 2025.
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