Paul Gauguin: 10 Traesnit (Pola Gauguin Portfolio)
1894, printed 1921
Artist, French, 1848 - 1903
Printer, Danish, born France, 1883-1961
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
a) original box, three-quarter black leather with woodcut-printed sides b) portfolio cover with photo-relief on blue-green wove card c) colophon with letterpress text on blue-green wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (a. box): 56.5 × 40.5 × 2.8 cm (22 1/4 × 15 15/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
overall (b. portfolio cover): 53 × 37 × 1 cm (20 7/8 × 14 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
sheet (c. colophon): 44.6 × 34.5 cm (17 9/16 × 13 9/16 in.) -
Accession
1944.2.25.1-9
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Catalogue Raisonné
Mongan et al. 1988, no. 16, State ii/ii (Db)
Associated Artworks
See all 9 artworks
Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)
Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato
1894
L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe)
Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato
1894
Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks)
Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato
1894
Artwork history & notes
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.
2010
Jones, Kimberly A. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2010.
Inscriptions
a) on original box, printed in gold-tooled letters on black leather label on front: TAHITIAN WOOD BLOCKS / BY / PAUL GAUGUIN / PRINTED IN COPENHAGEN / BY / POLA GAUGUIN, / THE PAINTER'S SON / EDITION LIMITED TO 100 SETS / SET NO. 55 / BLOCKS DESTROYED AFTER PRINTING; printed in gold-tooled letters on black leather spine: WOOD BLOCKS BY GAUGUIN; inside front of box at upper left, in graphite: 312 [underlined]; b) on portfolio cover: in image: P G O; below image: PAUL GAUGUIN; in graphite: B-4342-4351; c) on colophon, in letterpress text: PAUL GAUGUIN / 10 TRÆSNIT / TRYKT / MED ORIGINALPLATERNE / VED POLA GAUGUIN / HOS CHR. CATO / KØBENHAVN / TRYKT I 100 NUMEREREDE EKSEMPLARER / No. 55 [number hand written in pen and black ink]
Markings
none
Wikidata ID
Q65024238