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Paul Gauguin

Profile of a Boy and Self-Portrait [recto], 1884/1886

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series Title

Breton Sketchbook, No. 16

Medium

pen and brown ink on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 16.9 x 11.6 cm (6 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Armand Hammer Collection

Accession Number

1991.217.37.a

Artists / Makers

Paul Gauguin (artist) French, 1848 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in pen and brown ink: Gauguin / par lui meme

Provenance

Henri Mahaut, Cherbourg, purchased before World War I; Private Collection, USA; Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, 1967; gift to NGA 1991.

Associated Names

Hammer Foundation, Armand, The
Mahaut, Henri
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

Exhibition History

1988: The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988, p. XV-XVI (recto only).

Bibliography

2000: Jirat-Wasiutynski, Vojtech and Newton, H. Travers Jr. Technique and Meaning in the Paintings of Paul Gauguin. Cambridge, 2000: 50, fig. 17.

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