- Inscription
- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
Overview
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Inscription
lower left: Paul Gauguin / 98 / TE PAPE NAVE NAVE
Marks and Labels
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Provenance
The private collection of Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1919 until at least 1935.[1] Acquired 1947 by (Wildenstein & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1947 to Leigh B. Block, Chicago,[2] until at least 1964.[3] Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, by 1966;[4] gift 1973 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1927
- Classics of Modern Painting, De Hauke & Co, New York, 1927, repro in unnumbered catalogue.
- 1935
- Quelques Tableaux d'Ingres à Gauguin, Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris,1935, no. 7, repro.
- 1948
- A Loan Exhibition of Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1948, no. 18, repro.
- 1956
- Loan Exhibition, Gauguin, for the Benefit of the Citizen's Committee for Children of New York City, Inc., Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1956, no. 48, repro.
- 1959
- Gauguin, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1959, no. 63.
- 1966
- French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 127, repro
- 1986
- Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
- 1988
- The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Art Institute of Chicago; Grand Palais, Paris, 1988-1989, no. 227, repro.
- 1989
- Gogen: Vzgliad iz Rossli, The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad and the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1989
- 1996
- The Collection Reviewed: Hina and Her Attendants by Paul Gauguin, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1996-1997, no cat.
- 1998
- Paul Gauguin: Das verlorene Paradies, Museum Folkwang Essen; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1998-1999, no. 45, repro. (shown only in Berlin).
- 1999
- The Artist and the Camera: Degas to Picasso, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Dallas Museum of Art; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, 1999-2000, no. 132, repro.
- 2003
- Gauguin-Tahiti, L'atelier des tropiques, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003-2004, no. 149, repro.
- 2007
- Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2007-2008, no. 107, repro.
- 2009
- Paul Gauguin, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2009, no. 48, repro.
- 2010
- Gauguin: Maker of Myth, Tate, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, no. 86, repro.
Bibliography
- 1919
- L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrfoi. Paris, 1919: pl. 50.
- 1930
- Alexandre, Arsène. Paul Gauguin: Sa vie et le Sens de son Oeuvre. Paris, 1930:repro. 240.
- 1949
- Leymarie, J. Gauguin: Exposition du Centenaire. Exh. Cat. Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1949:61.
- 1950
- Lewandowski, Herbert. Paul Gauguin, oder, Die Flucht vor der Zivilisation. Bern, 1950: 352.
- 1953
- Dorra, H. "The First Eves in Gauguin's Garden." Gazette des Beaux-Arts XLI (March 1953):201.
- 1956
- Wildenstein, Georges. "L'Idéologie et l'Esthétique dans deux tableaux-clés de Gauguin." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6e périod,47 (jan-april 1956):147, repro.
- 1964
- Wildenstein, Georges. Gauguin. Paris, 1964: no. 568.
- 1967
- Danielsson, Bengt. "Gauguin's Tahitian Titles." The Burlington Magazine 109, no. 769 (April 1967):233.
- 1972
- Sugana, Gabriele Mandel. Tout l'ouevre peint de Gauguin. Milan, 1972:no. 391, repro.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 148, repro.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 524, no. 786, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 170, repro.
- 1991
- Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 277, 280, color repro.
- 1993
- Christensen, Carol. "The Painting Materials and Technique of Paul Gauguin." Studies in the History of Art 41 (1993): 80, repro. no. 12.
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