Leda (Cover)

1889, published after 1900

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

The image shows a partial illustration of a person's upper body in profile. The person's head is turned slightly to the side, with delicate facial features including a small nose and prominent eyebrows. The dark hair is tied back, revealing the neck and shoulder. The person wears an abstract draped garment. Surrounding them are decorative elements like flowers, leaves, and birds with long necks. The background has a subtle texture, and there is handwritten text curving along the top edge. The composition is framed around the central figure and motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (zinc) on imitation Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.235

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 1, State only state (B)


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1956

  • Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL; and The Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1956, no. 43.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65364020

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