Live Auction 17660Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
After Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Lot 303 GAUGUIN’S ODYSSEY: SELECTIONS FROM THE KELTON COLLECTION

After Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Pot en forme d'une gourde

Closed12 November 2019

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USD 6,875

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After Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Pot en forme d'une gourde
signed 'PGo' (on the left side); numbered '80' (on the right side); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '11/15 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the rim)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.)
Width: 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.)

Private collection, Washington, D.C.; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 February 2000, lot 7.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

According to Christopher Gray, "the form of the pot may have been suggested by the type of stirrup-handled pot found in Peru" (op. cit.).