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Paul Gauguin

Reclining Nude [recto], 1894/1895

Not on View

Medium

pastel and black crayon over charcoal, corrected with white gouache, on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.6 x 62.1 cm (12 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert and Mercedes Eichholz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.77.1.a

Artists / Makers

Paul Gauguin (artist) French, 1848 - 1903

Image Use

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Provenance

Baron Gourgaud, Paris. (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York); acquired 1948 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Eichholz; gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Eichholz, Robert B., Mr. and Mrs.
Seligmann & Cie., Jacques

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 246-247, color repro.

1998: Inaugural Exhibition of French Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1998, no cat.

2014: Gauguin: Metamorphoses, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2014, no. 63.

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

Bibliography

1988: The Art of Paul Gauguin. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988: no. 161.

2016: Groom, Gloria, and Genevieve Westerby, editors. Gauguin Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Works at the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 2016: under no. 20 (online reference, accessed 15 June 2018).

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