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

Noa Noa: six plates

Closed12 November 2019

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PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Noa Noa: six plates
each: numbered or annotated (in pencil; upper left margin) and inscribed and signed 'Paul Gauguin fait' and 'Pola Gauguin imp' (in pencil; lower margin)
six woodcuts, on Chine paper; together with Mahana Atua and Le Calvaire Breton
Largest Image Size: 8 x 14 in. (20 x 35 cm.)
Largest Sheet Size: 10 5/8 x 17 in. (27 x 43 cm.)
Executed circa 1893-1895. Noa Noa and Mahana Atua are Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 100. Printed and published by Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen in 1921. Le Calvaire Breton was executed circa 1898-1899. Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 25. Printed for Pola Gauguin by J.G. Daragnès. Published by Leicester Galleries, London in 1928.

Nave Nave Fenua:
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 31 October 2005, lot 30.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Auti Te Pape:
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 5 June 2008, lot 314.

Mahana No Varua Ino:
Raymond & Raymond Art Galleries, Hartford.

Manao Tupapau:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, San Francisco, 21 April 2015, lot 53.

Te Po:
Anon. sale, Swann Galleries, 18 September 2008, lot 131.

Mahana Atua:
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 July 2007, lot 5.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Le Calvaire Breton:
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 1 May 2007, lot 67.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

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Including: Nave Nave Fenua; Auti Te Pape; Mahna No Varua Ino; Manao Tupapau; Te Po; Maruru; Mahana Atua and Le Calvaire Breton