Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) - Lot 71

Lot n° 71
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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) - Lot 71
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Dramas of the sea Brittany, 1889 Zinc print on cream Japanese paper. Very rare! Second edition of approximately 50 copies. Signed, dated and titled in the plate in the lower margin: "89 Paul Gauguin, Les drames de la mer Bretagne". Dimensions: + Sheet size: 32.5 x 46.5 cm + Image size: 17 x 22.5 cm Condition : In good overall condition, with light handling creases, visible wetness, and small noticeable creases in the margins. Small tear in upper right margin. Remains of white adhesive tape on verso, NOT visible from recto. The image is otherwise very clean; well inked. From the "Suite Volpini", a series of eleven zincographs produced by Paul Gauguin in 1889, in which the artist depicts various places he visited in Martinique, southern France and Brittany. The series was first exhibited at the Café des Arts (or "Café Volpini"), in conjunction with the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Please note that we are only selling this plate, NOT the complete suite. The second edition of "Suite Volpini" was published by Ambroise Vollard after 1900, using the original 1889 zinc plate. The 1889 first edition was referenced in Guérin, Mongan, Kornfeld #7; Joachim #4 Ab.
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