Lot Essay
Including: Nave Nave Fenua; Auti Te Pape; Mahna No Varua Ino; Manao Tupapau; Te Po; Maruru; Mahana Atua and Le Calvaire Breton
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GAUGUIN’S ODYSSEY: SELECTIONS FROM THE KELTON COLLECTION
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Noa Noa: six plates
Details
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Noa Noa: six plates
each: numbered or annotated (in pencil; upper left margin) and inscribed and signed 'Paul Gauguin fait' and 'Pola Gauguin imp' (in pencil; lower margin)
six woodcuts, on Chine paper; together with Mahana Atua and Le Calvaire Breton
Largest Image Size: 8 x 14 in. (20 x 35 cm.)
Largest Sheet Size: 10 5/8 x 17 in. (27 x 43 cm.)
Executed circa 1893-1895. Noa Noa and Mahana Atua are Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 100. Printed and published by Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen in 1921. Le Calvaire Breton was executed circa 1898-1899. Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 25. Printed for Pola Gauguin by J.G. Daragnès. Published by Leicester Galleries, London in 1928.
Noa Noa: six plates
each: numbered or annotated (in pencil; upper left margin) and inscribed and signed 'Paul Gauguin fait' and 'Pola Gauguin imp' (in pencil; lower margin)
six woodcuts, on Chine paper; together with Mahana Atua and Le Calvaire Breton
Largest Image Size: 8 x 14 in. (20 x 35 cm.)
Largest Sheet Size: 10 5/8 x 17 in. (27 x 43 cm.)
Executed circa 1893-1895. Noa Noa and Mahana Atua are Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 100. Printed and published by Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen in 1921. Le Calvaire Breton was executed circa 1898-1899. Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 25. Printed for Pola Gauguin by J.G. Daragnès. Published by Leicester Galleries, London in 1928.
Provenance
Nave Nave Fenua:
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 31 October 2005, lot 30.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Auti Te Pape:
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 5 June 2008, lot 314.
Mahana No Varua Ino:
Raymond & Raymond Art Galleries, Hartford.
Manao Tupapau:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, San Francisco, 21 April 2015, lot 53.
Te Po:
Anon. sale, Swann Galleries, 18 September 2008, lot 131.
Mahana Atua:
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 July 2007, lot 5.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Le Calvaire Breton:
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 1 May 2007, lot 67.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 31 October 2005, lot 30.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Auti Te Pape:
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 5 June 2008, lot 314.
Mahana No Varua Ino:
Raymond & Raymond Art Galleries, Hartford.
Manao Tupapau:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, San Francisco, 21 April 2015, lot 53.
Te Po:
Anon. sale, Swann Galleries, 18 September 2008, lot 131.
Mahana Atua:
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 July 2007, lot 5.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Le Calvaire Breton:
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 1 May 2007, lot 67.
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, pp. 56-63, 70-75, 88-115, 142-145, 194-97, nos. 14, 16, 19-22, 31, 50 (other examples illustrated).
Exhibited
Le Calvaire Breton:
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream, October 2007-February 2008, pp. 356-357, no. 111 (illustrated in color).
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream, October 2007-February 2008, pp. 356-357, no. 111 (illustrated in color).
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