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Property from an Important Private Collection

Paul Gauguin

Réflexions bourgeoises

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November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

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100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Property from an Important Private Collection

Paul Gauguin

1848 - 1903


Réflexions bourgeoises

signed Paul Gauguin, dated Pont Aven.juillet 1894 and inscribed des Réflexions Bourgeoises. Dans la vie, les gens comme les betes s'en vont toujours deux par deux (lower center)

gouache, watercolor, charcoal and pen and ink on paper

12⅝ by 9⅝ in.

32.1 by 24.4 cm.

Executed in Pont Aven in July 1894.


This work is accompanied by an Attestation of Inclusion from the Wildenstein Institute, and it will be included in the forthcoming Gauguin Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Ven House, Somerset
Christie's London, 1 July 1999, lot 819
Acquired from the above by the present owner