Paul (1848) Gauguin (1848 - 1903)
Lot 21: AFTER PAUL GAUGUIN, 1848-1903
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Sotheby's
October 20, 2004
London, United Kingdom
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Description
inscribed P. Gauguin
bronze
Dimensions
height: 27cm.; 10 1/2 in.
Literature
Christopher Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, New York, 1980, p. 113, no. 4, illustration of another cast
Provenance
Private Collection, Hamburg
Notes
The original wax version of this work was conceived circa 1881. It appears that Ambroise Vollard ordered an edition of bronzes shortly before his death in 1939.
