Titre pour 'Le Sourire'

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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Titre pour 'Le Sourire'
woodcut, thin Japon paper
Image size: 4 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (10.8 x 18.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 7 ¼ x 9 3/8 in. (18.5 x 24 cm.)
Executed circa 1899-1900. One of seven recorded trial proofs in Mongan, Kornfeld and Joachim. Printed by the arist, Tahiti.

Provenance

Henri Marie Petiet, France (his ink stamp verso, Lugt 5031); sale, Piasa, Paris, 25 September 1997, lot 68.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 2008, lot 273.
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. 242-243, no. 68 (another example illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Gauguin created various title woodcuts for his newspaper 'Le Sourire'. The present lot was not used in the edition and so is only known from a few trial proofs. For published issues of 'Le Sourire' please see lot 348.

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