ID 1027819
Lot 19 | PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
Idole Tahitienne
woodcut printed in black, over monotype printed in terracotta and ochre
circa 1894-95
on thin cream wove paper
a strong and vibrant impression of this rare and important print
one of only nine recorded impressions, printed by the artist in Pont-Aven or Paris
Sheet 149 x 118 mm.
Provenance
Hill-Stone, New York.
Acquired from the above on 1 January 1987, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Guérin, L'œuvre gravé de Gauguin, Paris, 1927, no. 44, p. 16 (another impression illustrated).
E. Mongan, E.W. Kornfeld & H. Joachim, Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints, Bern, 1988, no. 32, pp. 146 & 147 (this impression cited; another impression illustrated).
ADDITIONAL SELECTED LITERATURE:
C. Becker, ed., Paul Gauguin Tahiti, exh. cat., Stuttgart, 1998, no. 83, p. 133 (another impression illustrated).
J. Hargrove, Gauguin, Paris, 2017, no. 294, p. 251 (another impression illustrated).
G. Groom, ed., Gauguin, Artist as Alchemist, exh. cat., Chicago, 2017, no. 185, p. 245 (another impression illustrated).
S. Figura, Gauguin: Metamorphoses, exh. cat., New York, 2014, nos. 96 & 97, pp. 144 & 145 (two other impressions illustrated; a detail illustrated p. 8).
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Gauguin and Polynesia: South Pacific Encounters, September - December 2011, no. 221, p. 230 (illustrated).
Artist: | Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) |
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Applied technique: | Woodcut |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Artist: | Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) |
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Applied technique: | Woodcut |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Address of auction |
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