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Paul Gauguin
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
- Paul Gauguin
- Lettre à un collectioneur inconnu
- Signed Paul Gauguin (lower center)
- Pen and ink heightened with red crayon on paper
- 10 5/8 by 8 1/8 in.
- 27 by 20.6 cm
Provenance
Dr. Nolet, Nantes (acquired from the artist in Tahiti)
Daniel Wildenstein, Paris & New York (acquired from the above)
A wedding gift from the above in 1953
Daniel Wildenstein, Paris & New York (acquired from the above)
A wedding gift from the above in 1953
Exhibited
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Gauguin, 1956, no. 68
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Visionaries and Dreamers: an Exhibition Illustrating the Influence of the French Symbolist Artists on Succeeding Generations, Centered Around a Group of Pictures in the W.A. Clark Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1956, no. 82, illustrated in the catalogue
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gauguin: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, 1959, no. 113
New York, New York University, Grey Art Gallery, Show & Tell: Artists' Illustrated Letters, 1988
Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Gauguin, 1998, no. 114, illustrated in color in the catalogue
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gauguin in New York Collections: The Lure of the Exotic, 2002, no. 91, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Visionaries and Dreamers: an Exhibition Illustrating the Influence of the French Symbolist Artists on Succeeding Generations, Centered Around a Group of Pictures in the W.A. Clark Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1956, no. 82, illustrated in the catalogue
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gauguin: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, 1959, no. 113
New York, New York University, Grey Art Gallery, Show & Tell: Artists' Illustrated Letters, 1988
Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Gauguin, 1998, no. 114, illustrated in color in the catalogue
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gauguin in New York Collections: The Lure of the Exotic, 2002, no. 91, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Literature
John Rewald, Gauguin Drawings, New York, 1958, illustrated pl. 98
Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin, Paris, 1964, cited p. 210
Ronald Pickvance, The Drawings of Gauguin, New York, 1970, illustrated pl. 83
The Annenberg Collection (exhibition catalogue), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia & The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, illustrated p. 186
Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin, Paris, 1964, cited p. 210
Ronald Pickvance, The Drawings of Gauguin, New York, 1970, illustrated pl. 83
The Annenberg Collection (exhibition catalogue), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia & The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, illustrated p. 186
Condition
Executed on lined notebook paper affixed to a mount at top left and right corners at top edge along verso. A mat stain is visible along the extreme edges of the perimeter of the work. The sheet was folded in quarters at some point in the past resulting in minor horizontal and vertical creases running through the center of the composition. There are two half-inch tears, one repaired, near center of right edge and one repaired tear at upper left edge. There are two artist pinholes - one at upper left corner and one at lower right corner - and a few very minor losses to the extreme edges of the sheet. Sheet is slightly yellowed. This work is in good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The present letter translates as follows:
To the unknown collector of my works Greetings -
May he excuse the barbarism of this little picture; certain dispositions of my spirit are probably the cause.
I recommend a modest frame and if possible a sheet of glass which, while [the picture] ages, will preserve its freshness, and prevent the alterations always produced by the stuffy atmosphere of an apartment.
Paul Gauguin