Hina

Details

After Paul Gauguin (French, 1832-1906)
Hina
signed with initials 'PGO' (on the top); numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'J-H VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
14 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (36.5 x 13 x 10.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1892 and cast circa 1959.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner, by 1995.

Literature

R. Rey, “Les bois sculptés de Paul Gaguguin” in Art et Décoration, 1928, pp.57-63, no. LIII (the original wood carving illustrated, p. 63).
A. Alexandre, Paul Gauguin: Sa vie et le sens de son oeuvre, Paris, 1930 (the original wood carving illustrated).
R. Puig, Paul Gauguin, G.D. de Monfreid et leurs amis, Perpignan, 1958, p. 42 no. 9 (the original wood carving illustrated).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, no. 95 (the original wood carving illustrated, p. 221).

Lot Essay

The original work, carved from tamanu wood, was owned by Mme. Huc de Monfreid who, in 1959, authorized Valsuani to cast a bronze version of the work in an edition of six, plus six monogrammed casts; AS, SC, JB, JH, AM, AH.

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