Lot 326
  • 326

Paul Gauguin

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Gauguin
  • POT À BEURRE
  • inscribed de Vivre
  • painted stoneware
  • height: 20cm., 7 7/8 in.

Provenance

Marie Henry, Le Pouldu
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Private Collection (sale: Sotheby's, London, 13th October 1993, lot 12)
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale; sale: Sotheby's, London, 21st October 2003, lot 22)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent œuvres de Gauguin, 1960, no. 66
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Paul Gauguin, 1960, no. 145
London, Marlborough Fine Art, 19th and 20th Century Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 1961, no. 75
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée départemental du Prieuré, Le Chemin de Gauguin, genèse et rayonnement, 1985, illustrated in the catalogue


This work will be included in the new edition of the Paul Gauguin Catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.

Condition

There is some minor surface dirt, and some very small paint losses. There is a spot of wax and some small scattered accretions to the surface. There is a small chip to the upper rim which may be inherent to the casting process. This work is in good condition.
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