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PAUL GAUGUIN, Head of a Tahitian

PAUL GAUGUIN

Head of a Tahitian
Coloured chalks and pastel, heightened with touches of gold
31 x 21.2 cm.
12 ¼ x 8 ½ in
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Provenance

Lambert collection;

Anonymous sale, Paris, Palais Galliera (Ader Picard Tajan), 7 June 1973, lot 5;

Private collection (Philippe Derazay?), Paris;

Anonymous sale, Piasa, Paris, 26 March 2003, lot 120;

Jean-Luc Baroni;

Private Collection, UK.

Exhibitions

Martigny, Fondation Pierre Giandadda, Paul Gauguin, 1998, no. 78;

London, Tate Modern, Gauguin. Maker of Myth, 2010, no. 104;

London, Royal Academy, Impressionists on Paper. Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, 2023-2024,

no. 60

Literature

Richard Brettell et al., The Art of Paul Gauguin, exh. cat., Washington, National Gallery of

Art, and Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1988–1989, illustrated p. 270, no. 148;

Victor Merlhès, ‘Le “Cahier pour Aline”: Histoire et signification’, in Paul Gauguin, “A ma fille

Aline, ce cahier est dédié”, facsimile ed., Bordeaux, 1989, p. 36;

Ronald Pickvance, Paul Gauguin, exh. cat., Martigny, Fondation Gianadda, 1998, illustrated

p. 133, pp. 234–235, no. 78 and pp. 279–280, no. 78.

Elisabeth Vedrenne, ‘Gauguin, l’atelier des tropiques’, L’Œil, July–August 1998, ill. p. 73;

Isabelle de Wavrin, ‘Un marché de pénurie’, Beaux-Arts Magazine: Gauguin-Tahiti, 2003,

illustrated, p. 87;

Belinda Thomson et al, Gauguin. Maker of Myth, London, Tate, 2010, pp. 154-55 and

illustrated p. 168, no. 104

Impressionists on Paper. Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, exh. Cat. London, Royal Academy of

Art, 2023, illustrated p. 125, no. 60.

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