Lot 403
  • 403

Paul Gauguin

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Gauguin
  • Femme nue
  • stamped PG  (lower right)
  • watercolour and pen and ink on paper
  • 27.4 by 18cm., 10¾ by 7⅛in.

Provenance

Stähelin Collection, Basel 
Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 17th June 1988, lot 54
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, 1956, no.34, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski (exhibition catalogue), Berlin, 1999, illustrated p. 402
The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection (exhibition catalogue)Berlin, 1999, illustrated p. 401

Condition

Executed on cream coloured paper, the sheet is affixed to the mount at eight points around the edges. The sheet is slightly time-stained with some studio stains and handling marks. The left edge has been slightly unevenly cut and there is one pinhole visible to the top left corner, and a hard crease line visible to the extreme top right corner. There is one minor repaired tear or nick to the upper left edge. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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