Inscription
in relief on self-base near left foot: P Gauguin; glued to rear of base, a scalloped paper disc stamped in ink: DOUANE / PARIS / CENTRALE
Provenance
On consignment from the artist at (Boussod-Valadon, Paris), late 1890.[1] Michel Manzi [1849-1915], Paris, by 1893?;[2] (his estate sale, Galerie Manzi, Joyant & Cie., Paris, 13-14 March 1919, 2nd day, no. 239).[3] Walther Halvorsen [1887-1972], Norway, 1921.[4] H. d'Oelsnitz, Paris, by 1928.[5] (Galerie Le Portique, Paris), by 1929.[6] Georges Pécout, Paris, by 1964.[7] (Galerie Beyeler, Basel);[8] purchased October 1970 by NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1891
- Les XX, huitiéme exposition annuelle, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1891, no. 3, as Statue émaillée (grès).
- 1893
- Possibly Exposition Paul Gauguin, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1893, no. 45, as La Femme Noire.
- 1928
- Gauguin: Sculpteur et Graveur, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 1928, no. 32, as Jeune femme nue, debout.
- 1960
- Cent oeuvres de Gauguin, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1960, no. 131, as Noa-Noa.
- 1974
- Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.
- 1988
- The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Art Institute of Chicago; Galeries nationale du Grand Palais, Paris, 1988-1989, no. 104, color repro. (shown only in Washington).
- 2010
- Gauguin: Maker of Myth, Tate, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, no. 96, repro. (shown only in Washington).
- 2018
- Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body, The Met Breuer, New York, 2018, no. 49, repro.
Bibliography
- 1906
- Rotonchamp, Jean de. [pseud. of Louis Brouillon]. Paul Gauguin 1848-1903. Weimar, 1906: 69.
- 1929
- Barth, Wilhelm. "Eine unbekannte Plastik von Gauguin." Das Kunstblatt 13 (June 1929): 182-183, repro.
- 1944
- Berryer, Anne-Marie. "A propos d'un vase de Chaplet décoré par Gauguin." Bulletin des Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire 3rd ser., 16, 1-2 (January-April 1944): 24, fig. 29, as Tahitienne debout.
- 1953
- Dorra, Henri. "The First Eves in Gauguin's Eden." Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6th per., 41 (March 1953): 189-202.
- 1963
- Gray, Christopher. Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin. Baltimore, 1963: 214-215, no. 92, repro.
- 1964
- Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin's Ceramics. London, 1964: 138, 235, no. 55, fig. 93.
- 1979
- Alhadeff, Albert. "Minne and Gauguin in Brussels: An Unexplored Encounter." In H.W. Janson, ed. Sculptura nei XIX Secolo. Bologna, 1979: 178 n. 21, 180-181, fig. 171.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 646, no. 1023, repro.
- 1988
- Frèches-Thory, Claire. "The Art of Paul Gauguin." In The Art of Paul of Gauguin. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago; Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. Washington, D.C., 1988: 183-184, no. 104, color repro.
- 1994
- Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 96, repro.
- 2000
- Art Nouveau, 1890-1914. Exh. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. London, 2000: no. 122 (not in exhibition).
- 2000
- Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 239-245, color repro.
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