Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899-1900

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

This is a painting of abstract figures and floral elements. The artwork depicts several figures with minimalistic and stylized forms. The central figure is in front, with another figure behind it and one on the side with arms raised. Below these figures, there are artistic representations of flowers or floral shapes. The style is characterized by bold, black lines and patterns against a cream background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.2 × 18.2 cm (4 × 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 15 × 22.8 cm (5 7/8 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.237

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 68, State only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(G. Cramer Oude Kunst, The Hague); purchased 1952 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; gift to National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1952.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1927

  • Guérin, Marcel. L'Oeuvre gravé de Gauguin. 2 vols. Paris: H. Floury, 1927.

1988

  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Eberhard W. Kornfeld, and Harold Joachim. Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonne of his Prints. Berne: Galerie Kornfeld, 1988.

Inscriptions

recto: in block, at left: P / G [artist's monogram] / 3 RAIRA; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65364025

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