Lot 337
  • 337

Paul Gauguin

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paul Gauguin
  • Paysage, probablement Pontoise
  • signed Gauguin (lower left)
  • pastel on paper
  • 31 x 47,7 cm; 12 1/4  x 18 3/4  in.

Provenance

Camille & Lucien Pissarro, Paris
Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 27, 1957, lot 22
Private collection, United Kingdom

Condition

Executed on grey wove paper, laid down on card, which is hinged to the overmount along the upper edge. Left, lower and right edges are deckled. There is some mount staining along all four edges. The lower right edge is slightly scuffed and there are intermittent paper remnants along the edges from previous mounting. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

In 1879, while still a stockbroker and after having purchased works by Camille Pissarro, Paul Gauguin visits Pontoise to paint alongside the impressionist master.  A strong friendship develops, Pissarro introduces the young artist to Cézanne, and he is rapidly invited to participate in the Impressionist Exhibitions (1880, 1881, 1882 and 1886). This wonderful pastel in which one makes out the almost anthropomorphic rock structures of the Carrières du Chou is a testimony to this seminal period of creative interaction and friendships among these major artists.