In partnership with Celine, Sotheby’s Paris is happy to present the impressionist masterpiece Le jardin de Pissarro, Quai du Pothuis à Pontoise painted by Paul Gauguin in 1881, as one of the top lots of the Modernités sale.
This painting is emblematic of the early years of Gauguin's career as a painter. It was during the years 1879-1881 that Gauguin became a regular visitor of Camille Pissarro, whom he called ‘dear Professor’. He often joined him in Pontoise where Pissarro had settled. It was thanks to him that he began his career as a painter and learned all the necessary techniques.
These years were essential for Gauguin's art and this painting representing the house and garden of Pissarro is a true homage to the student's master.
The presence of the artist's two self-portraits on the reverse makes it one of a kind.
Painted very early in Gauguin's career, this double painting is already strikingly modern.
His style was already part of twentieth-century art, and foreshadowed the innovations that Gauguin would make in the years to come. The artist's identity is fully asserted in this early work.
This sale will take place on the 18th of October 2024 in Paris.
