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Pot en forme de gourde
Details
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Pot en forme de gourde
signed 'P. Go.' (on the left side) and numbered and stamped with foundry mark '7/15 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the lower edge)
bronze with brown patina
7¾ x 9¾ x 5¼ in. (19.7 x 24.8 x 13.3 cm.)
Original version conceived in stoneware circa 1886; this bronze version cast at a later date
Pot en forme de gourde
signed 'P. Go.' (on the left side) and numbered and stamped with foundry mark '7/15 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the lower edge)
bronze with brown patina
7¾ x 9¾ x 5¼ in. (19.7 x 24.8 x 13.3 cm.)
Original version conceived in stoneware circa 1886; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 February 1985, lot 1098.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, p. 169, no. 55 (stoneware version illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that this work is numbered 7/15.