Impressionist and Modern Art

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Lot 49
  • 49

After Paul Gauguin 1848-1903

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Description

  • After Paul Gauguin
  • Cylindre au Christ et a l'idole

  • numbered 5/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark C Valsuani cire perdue, at bottom

  • bronze with dark brown patina
  • height 19 1/2 in.
  • 49.5 cm.

Catalogue Note

Cast in the 1960s after the wood cylinder done by Gauguin circa 1894 in Tahiti or the Marquesas.  The designs above the head of Christ and elsewhere are based on Marquesan war clubs and tattooes.