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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Stèle au Christ
inscribed with initials on the top PGO, inscribed and stamped with foundry mark at the bottom C. VALSUANI?CIRE PERDUE A.M, bronze with brown patina
19 1/2in. (49.5cm.) high

Original wood version carved circa 1897. The bronzes cast by Valsuani at a later date.
Literature
Zolotoe Runo (Toison d'Or), vol.1., no.1, 1909, pp.5-14
C> Morice, Gauguin, Paris, 1919, p.45 (wood version illustrated)
R. Rey, Les Bois gravés de Paul Gauguin. Arts graphiques, vol.LIII. February, 1928, pp.57-64
J.G.Darangnés, Les Bois gravés de Paul Gauguin, Arts graphiques, vol.XLIX, 1935, pp. 35-42 (wood version illustrated)
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, pp.68-69 and 268-270, no.125 (wood version illustrated).

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