Croquis tahitiens (recto et verso)

Details

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Croquis tahitiens (recto et verso)
watercolor and pencil on paper
Sight: 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (15 x 9.7 cm.)
Painted in Tahiti, circa 1891-1893

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York.
Arthur and Edith B. Weisz, New York (acquired from the above, 1966).

Literature

B. Dorival, Paul Gauguin, Carnet de Tahiti, Paris, 1954, n.p. (illustrated in color, recto and verso).

Sale room notice

A letter from Martine Heudron of the Wildenstein Institute dated Paris, 13 April 2001 accompanies this watercolor, which is titled Croquis tahitiens (recto et verso), and which will be included in the forthcoming Gauguin catalogue raisonné

Lot Essay

This watercolor is accompanied by a copy of the two volume facsimile edition of Carnet de Tahiti (op. cit.).

A letter from Martine Heudron of the Wildenstein Institute dated Paris, 13 April 2001, accompanies this watercolor, which will be included in the forthcoming Gauguin catalogue raisonné.

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