Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
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pencil on paper
7 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (19.4 x 15.8 cm.)
Drawn circa 1891-1893

Provenance

Emil Français, Paris, by 1949.
Private collection, New York, by descent from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 108.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

J. Rewald, Gauguin Drawings, New York, 1958, no. 39, p. 28 (illustrated pl. 39; titled 'Crouching Tahitian Girl').

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Marcel Guiot, Exposition Gauguin: Aquarelles, monotypes, dessins, May - June 1942, no. 49, p. 32 (illustrated p. 33; titled 'L'idole').
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Gauguin: Exposition du centenaire, summer 1949, no. 69, p. 75 (titled 'L'idole').

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Lot Essay

The present work will be included in the forthcoming Paul Gauguin Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

This drawing is a study for the painting L'idole (Rave te hiti ramu), 1898 (Wlidenstein, no. 570; State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg). The same figure in reverse appears in the painting Et l'or de leurs corps, 1901 (Wildenstein, no. 596; Musée du Louvre, Paris) and also in a woodcut by the artist (Guérin, no. 35).

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