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GAUGUIN’S ODYSSEY: SELECTIONS FROM THE KELTON COLLECTION
After Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Idole à la Coquille
Details
After Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Idole à la Coquille
signed with initials 'PGo' (on the top); inscribed and stamped with foundry mark 'S.C. C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the front)
bronze with brown patina and shell
Height: 13 ¾ in. (34.8 cm.)
Conceived in March 1893; this bronze version cast at a later date
Idole à la Coquille
signed with initials 'PGo' (on the top); inscribed and stamped with foundry mark 'S.C. C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the front)
bronze with brown patina and shell
Height: 13 ¾ in. (34.8 cm.)
Conceived in March 1893; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Anon. sale, Trosby Galleries, Palm Beach, 7 February 1968.
Frederic W. Ziv, Cincinnati (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2002, lot 144.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Frederic W. Ziv, Cincinnati (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2002, lot 144.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
R. Rey, "Les bois sculptés de Paul Gauguin," Art et Décoration, vol. LIII, February 1928, pp. 57-64 (wood version illustrated, p. 59).
A. Alexandre, Paul Gauguin: Sa vie et le sens de son oeuvre, Paris, 1930, p. 210 (wood version illustrated).
R. Puig, Paul Gauguin, G.D. de Monfreid et leurs amis, Perpignan, 1958, p. 41 (wood version illustrated).
M. Bodelsen, "Gauguin and the Marquesan God," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, March 1961, pp. 168-169 (wood version illustrated, p. 168, fig. 2).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, pp. 226-227, no. 99 (wood version illustrated, pp. 226-227; wood version illustrated again in color, p. 99, pl. XIV).
G.M. Sugana, L'opera completa di Gauguin, Milan, 1972, p. 103, no. 284.1 (wood version illustrated).
Z. Amishai-Maisels, Gauguin's Religious Themes, New York, 1985, pp. 349-351 (wood version illustrated, fig. 176).
A. Alexandre, Paul Gauguin: Sa vie et le sens de son oeuvre, Paris, 1930, p. 210 (wood version illustrated).
R. Puig, Paul Gauguin, G.D. de Monfreid et leurs amis, Perpignan, 1958, p. 41 (wood version illustrated).
M. Bodelsen, "Gauguin and the Marquesan God," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, March 1961, pp. 168-169 (wood version illustrated, p. 168, fig. 2).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, pp. 226-227, no. 99 (wood version illustrated, pp. 226-227; wood version illustrated again in color, p. 99, pl. XIV).
G.M. Sugana, L'opera completa di Gauguin, Milan, 1972, p. 103, no. 284.1 (wood version illustrated).
Z. Amishai-Maisels, Gauguin's Religious Themes, New York, 1985, pp. 349-351 (wood version illustrated, fig. 176).
Exhibited
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream, October 2007-February 2008, p. 290, no. 74 (illustrated in color, p. 291).
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Sarah El-Tamer