After Paul Gauguin
Hina et Te Fatou
Lot Closed
November 19, 05:34 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
After Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
Hina et Te Fatou
With the raised initials PGO, numbered 5/6 and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue
Bronze
Height: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Conceived in wood in 1888 and cast in bronze in a numbered edition of 6 in 1959 by the Valsuani Foundry, Paris.
Please note there is updated provenance for this lot.
Otto Gerson
Marlborough International Fine Art
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Christopher Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963, no. 96, illustrations of the wood version pp. 99 & 222
Gabriele M. Sugana, L'Opera completa di Gauguin, Milan, 1972, no. 11, illustration of the wood version p. 115
Gabriele M. Sugana, L'Opera completa di Gauguin, Milan, 1972, no. 11, illustration of the wood version p. 115
This sculpture depicts a conversation between Hina, the Tahitian Goddess of the Moon, and Te Fatou, the God of the Earth.
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