Lot Essay
The Wildenstein Institute will include this work in their forthcoming Paul Gauguin catalogue critique.
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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Jeune Bretonne au bord de la mer
Details
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Jeune Bretonne au bord de la mer
signed and dated 'P Gauguin 89' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor, colored wax crayons and pencil on paper
16 1/8 x 11 in. (41 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1889
Jeune Bretonne au bord de la mer
signed and dated 'P Gauguin 89' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor, colored wax crayons and pencil on paper
16 1/8 x 11 in. (41 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1889
Provenance
M.L. Voûte, Amsterdam.
Mrs. C.J. de Blaauw, Amsterdam (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2001, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Mrs. C.J. de Blaauw, Amsterdam (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2001, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
T. Burns and V. Jirat-Wasiutynyski, "Paul Gauguin's Breton girl by the sea: Recovering a gouache from the artist's oeuvre," Artibus et Historiae, 1997, pp. 175-185 (illustrated, p. 176).
G. Mondadori, ed., Montmartre, Les débuts de l'art moderne, La nascita dell'arte moderna 1880-1930, Milan, 1998, pp. 43-45 (illustrated, p. 41).
V. Jirat-Wasiutynyski and H. Travers Newton Jr., Technique and Meaning in the Paintings of Paul Gauguin, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 167-170 (illustrated in color, pl. XIII).
G. Mondadori, ed., Montmartre, Les débuts de l'art moderne, La nascita dell'arte moderna 1880-1930, Milan, 1998, pp. 43-45 (illustrated, p. 41).
V. Jirat-Wasiutynyski and H. Travers Newton Jr., Technique and Meaning in the Paintings of Paul Gauguin, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 167-170 (illustrated in color, pl. XIII).
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