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Paul Gauguin
Description
- Paul Gauguin
- TÊTE DE TAHITIENNE
- pastel on paper
- 33 by 25cm.
- 13 by 9 7/8 in.
Provenance
Dr H. R. Schinz
Private Collection, Paris (1960)
Sale: Sotheby & Co., London, 28th June 1972, lot 25
Acquavella Galleries, New York (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1973
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent oeuvres de Gauguin, 1960, no. 103, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from 1891-93 and with incorrect measurements)
Literature
Charles Morice, Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1919, illustrated p. 57 (titled Etude de tête)
John Rewald, Gauguin, Paris, 1938, illustrated p. 146 (titled Kopfstudie)
Raymond Cogniat, Gauguin, Paris, 1947, illustrated p. 117 (titled Study of a Head)
Charles Kunstler, Gauguin, Paris, 1947, illustrated pl. 49
David Bjelajac, Private Visions, The Paul and Mary Haas Collection of Art, New York, 1987, illustrated in colour