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A Breton Gleaner

1886

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image captures a person from above, seated or crouching. The figure is bending forward, with their head bowed down and turned towards the ground on the left side of the frame. The facial features are not visible due to the angle, and the head is covered by what appears to be a cap or cloth. The person's hair is partially visible, likely dark and matching the outfit. They wear a long sleeve garment in shades of green and blue, with parts of it extending around them. One hand is reaching towards the ground. The background is plain, drawing focus to the figure.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pastel on laid paper, squared in blue pastel
Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Dimensions

overall: 46 x 37.8 cm (18 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2006.128.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2006.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

2012

Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 27.

2017

Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, The Art Institute of Chicago; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 2017-2018 (shown only in Paris).

2019

The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

VERSO NOT EXAMINED

Wikidata ID

Q64619027

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