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PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
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PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)

Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Guerin 58; Kornfeld 55)

Fermé26 April 2011

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PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Guerin 58; Kornfeld 55)
woodcut in ochre and dark grey, 1898, on thin Japon laid down to smooth wove (as issued), numbered 'n°6' in ink (from a presumed edition of approximately 30, Kornfeld cites 19 impressions), with narrow margins, the tip of the lower right sheet corner lacking, a ¼-in. tear at the upper right sheet edge, otherwise generally in good condition, framed
S. 6 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (162 x 276 mm.)

Note du spécialiste

Gauguin composed this enigmatic image by combining two impressions from different workings of a single wood block. The thin Japanese paper, on which the artist printed the second state of the image in dark grey, is thin enough to let the first state image, printed in ochre, show through. The superimposed combination gives the image the effect of a chiaroscuro work which would usually be created by printing different blocks of color onto the same piece of paper.