Two Tahitians Gathering Fruit [recto], 1899/1900

Inscription

lower right in graphite: P. Gauguin; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Gauguin

Provenance

1 of 10 drawings sent by Gauguin to (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris) in 1900; Gustave Fayet [1865-1925], Paris; Mme. Huguette Berès; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 March 1966, no. 36); (P & D Colnaghi, London); purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Exhibition History

1903

Exposition Paul Gauguin. Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1903, no.10 or 14 (as Tahitiennes).

1906

Salon d'Automne, 4me exposition: Oeuvres de Gauguin. Grand Palais, Paris, 1906, no. 43 (as Deux Tahitiennes).

1973

Gauguin: Monotypes. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1973, no. 64.

1988

The Art of Paul Gauguin. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and tour (Washington and Chicago only), 1988-1989, no. 247 (recto and verso repr.).

1999

An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2003

"Gauguin-Tahiti, L'atelier des tropiques", Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,2003-2004, no. 174 (Eng. cat. no. P.218)(exh. in Boston only).

2014

Gauguin: Metamorphoses, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2014, no. 161.

2016

In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1973

Field, Richard S. Paul Gauguin Monotypes. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973.

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