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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Lot 345 GAUGUIN’S ODYSSEY: SELECTIONS FROM THE KELTON COLLECTION

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Titre pour 'Le Sourire'

Closed12 November 2019

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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Titre pour 'Le Sourire'
woodcut, thin Japon paper
Image size: 4 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (10.8 x 18.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 7 ¼ x 9 3/8 in. (18.5 x 24 cm.)
Executed circa 1899-1900. One of seven recorded trial proofs in Mongan, Kornfeld and Joachim. Printed by the arist, Tahiti.

Henri Marie Petiet, France (his ink stamp verso, Lugt 5031); sale, Piasa, Paris, 25 September 1997, lot 68.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 2008, lot 273.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

Gauguin created various title woodcuts for his newspaper 'Le Sourire'. The present lot was not used in the edition and so is only known from a few trial proofs. For published issues of 'Le Sourire' please see lot 348.