Details
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
L'Idole à la perle
stamped with founder's mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE'--stamped with monogram 'RS'--bronze with brown patina Height: 9¼in. (23.5cm.)
Original Tamanu wood version executed in 1900; this bronze version cast circa 1959-1960 in an edition of eight.
L'Idole à la perle
stamped with founder's mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE'--stamped with monogram 'RS'--bronze with brown patina Height: 9¼in. (23.5cm.)
Original Tamanu wood version executed in 1900; this bronze version cast circa 1959-1960 in an edition of eight.
Literature
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, p. 217, no. 94 (original wood sculpture illustrated)