PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
GAUGUIN’S ODYSSEY: SELECTIONS FROM THE KELTON COLLECTION
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)

Nave Nave Fenua, from Noa Noa

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PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Nave Nave Fenua, from Noa Noa
woodcut in colors, on heavy Japon paper
Image size: 14 x 8 in. (35.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Sheet size: 15 5/8 x 9 ¾ in. (39.7 x 24.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1893-1894. This work is Mongan, Kornfeld and Joachim's state IV C (of IV D) one of about 25 or 30 impressions. Printed by Louis Roy, Paris in 1894.
Provenance
Private collection, United States.
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Inc., Chicago.
Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht (acquired from the above, 1973); sale, Christie's, New York, 3 May 2006, lot 126.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
E. Mongan, E.W. Kornfeld and H. Joachim, Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints, Bern, 1988, p. 56, no. 14 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, Graphic Modernism: Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection, November 2003-January 2004, p. 10, no. 10 (illustrated in color, p. 12).
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream, October 2007-February 2008, p. 298, no. 78 (illustrated in color).

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