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Femme nue debout
Details
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Femme nue debout
signed with the raised signature 'P Gauguin' (on the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'C.VALSUANI CIRE PERDU 1/10' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm.)
Originally conceived in clay in 1890-1891; this bronze version cast at a later date
Femme nue debout
signed with the raised signature 'P Gauguin' (on the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'C.VALSUANI CIRE PERDU 1/10' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm.)
Originally conceived in clay in 1890-1891; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Valsuani Foundry, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late Ernst Beyeler in Paris in the 1960s.
Acquired from the above by the late Ernst Beyeler in Paris in the 1960s.
Literature
J. Rewald, Post-impressionism, from Van Gogh to Gauguin, New York, 1956 (the stoneware version illustrated p. 442).
M. Bodelsen, Gauguin's Ceramics, London, 1964, p. 139 (stoneware version illustrated on the cover & fig. 93).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, no. 92 (the stoneware version illustrated p. 214-215).
M. Bodelsen, Gauguin's Ceramics, London, 1964, p. 139 (stoneware version illustrated on the cover & fig. 93).
C. Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, no. 92 (the stoneware version illustrated p. 214-215).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.