Lot 404
  • 404

Paul Gauguin

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Gauguin
  • Sabots
  • inscribed P Go (on the right shoe)
  • A pair of carved wooden shoes.
  • length: 29.2 cm., 11½in.

Provenance

Schuffenecker Collection, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Wildenstein & Co., New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1977)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 4th May 2011, lot 159
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Nunes et Fiquet, Exposition Paul Gauguin, 1917, no. 32 (possibly)
Paris, Galerie L. Dru, Exposition retrospective de P. Gauguin, 1923, no. 62 (possibly)

Literature

Album Schuffenecker, Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, illustrated
Michel Puy, 'Paul Gauguin', in L'Art Decoratif, April 1911, illustrated p. 188
Charles Morice, Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1919, illustrated p. 18
Christopher Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, no. 82, illustrated p. 201
Christopher Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, New York, 1980, no. 82, illustrated p. 201

Condition

Carved wooden sabots, with natural veining. The right sabot bears a slight scuff to the tip of the toe and some scuffs to the back rim. There are signs of wear to its heel and sole and some very minor scuffs consistent with age and wear. The left sabot presents a chip to its outer right rim and some scuffs to the back rim. The tip of the toe has been repaired. There are some minor dents and scuffs to the protruding areas and signs of wear to the sole. Otherwise the works are in good condition.
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