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Property from the Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall
After Paul Gauguin (1888-1903)
Torse de femme
Details
After Paul Gauguin (1888-1903)
Torse de femme
numbered '2/10' (on the right side); stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the left side)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11¾ in. (29.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1894; this bronze version cast in the 1950s
Torse de femme
numbered '2/10' (on the right side); stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the left side)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11¾ in. (29.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1894; this bronze version cast in the 1950s
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 17 August 1955.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 17 August 1955.
Literature
M. Malingue, ed., Lettres de Gauguin à sa femme et à ses amis, Paris, 1946, pls. 24-25 (clay version illustrated).
R.J. Goldwater, Paul Gauguin, New York, 1957, p. 37 (terracotta version illustrated; titled Torso of a Tahitian Woman and dated 1893).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, p. 252, no. 116 (clay version illustrated).
R.J. Goldwater, Paul Gauguin, New York, 1957, p. 37 (terracotta version illustrated; titled Torso of a Tahitian Woman and dated 1893).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, p. 252, no. 116 (clay version illustrated).