EditorialPreview of 20th/21st Century & Surreal Evening sales at Christie‘s in London, UK, on 20 February 2023. (Image EMBARGOED until 09.15am GMT on Tuesday 21 February 2023)
EditorialBretonnes pr?s de la mer / Two Breton Girls by the Sea. Date/Period: 1889. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 92.5 cm (36.4 in); Width: 73.6 cm (28.9 in).
EditorialEarthly Paradise. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) and ?mile Bernard (French, 1868-1941). Date: 1888. Dimensions: 101 ? 120 ? 60.5 cm (39 3/4 ? 47 1/4 ? 23 13/16 in.). Chestnut and pine, carved and polychromed; glass, metal hardware. Origin: France.
EditorialPortrait of the Artist's Mother (Eve). Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1889-1890. Dimensions: 170 ? 130 mm. Gouache, over a white ground, on gray millboard. Origin: France.
EditorialBust of a Young Breton Woman (Possibly Marie Lagadu). Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1881-1892. Dimensions: 303 ? 313 mm. Black fabricated chalk on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialMan with an Ax. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1891-1893. Dimensions: 317 ? 228 mm (image/primary/secondary support). Thinned gouache, with pen and black ink, over pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on cream J...
EditorialTwo Tahitian Women in a Landscape. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1887-1897. Dimensions: 322 ? 238 mm. Monotype matrix in watercolor and gouache, with brush and green ink, over traces of graphite, on cream Japanese paper, laid down on tan wove ...
EditorialStill Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1880. Dimensions: 54 ? 65 cm (21 1/4 ? 25 9/16 in.). Oil on linen canvas. Origin: France.
EditorialJardin a Vaugirard, ou La Famille du peintre dans le de jardin la rue Carcel-Garden in Vaugirard, or The painter's family in the garden in rue Carcel, Paris. 1881 Canvas, 87 x 114 cm SMK 3098.
EditorialMaruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1893-1894. Dimensions: 206 ? 357 mm (image); 235 ? 394 mm (sheet). Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over a yellow ink tone bl...
EditorialHuman Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1898-1899. Dimensions: 193 ? 298 mm (image); 227 ? 304 mm (primary support); 227 ? 304 mm (secondary support). Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory ...
EditorialTe atua (The God) from the Noa Noa Suite. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1893-1894. Dimensions: 203 ? 351 mm (image/sheet). Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over yellow ink tone block, and transferred golden-yello...
EditorialSeated Breton Woman. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1886. Dimensions: 329 ? 483 mm. Black fabricated chalk with pastel on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialTahitian Idol--the Goddess Hina. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1894-1895. Dimensions: 150 ? 120 mm (image/sheet). Wood-block print in black ink, over brush and solvent thinned and selectively applied ocher, reddish-orange and touches of green ...
EditorialHeads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1891-1893. Dimensions: 413 ? 325 mm. Charcoal and wetted charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper, selectively fixed. Origin: France.
EditorialBreton Bather. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1886-1887. Dimensions: 585 ? 350 mm. Charcoal and pastel, with touches of brush and brown ink, on ivory laid paper (discolored to tan), partially outlined in graphite and squared in black fabricated...
EditorialMahana no atua (Day of the God). Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1894. Dimensions: 68 ? 91 cm (26 7/8 ? 36 in.). Oil on linen canvas. Origin: France.
EditorialPaul Gauguin (Paris, 1848-Atuona, Marquesas Islands, 1903). Mata Mua (In Olden Times) (1892). Oil on canvas. 91 x 69 cm. Paul Eug?ne Henri Gauguin. HINA.
EditorialSeated Tahitian Women (related to the painting Nafea faa ipoipo [When Will You Marry?]) and Other Sketches. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1891-1893. Dimensions: 248 ? 200 mm. Black fabricated chalk and pen and brown ink (originally purple), wi...
EditorialSelf-Portrait with Portrait of ?mile Bernard (Les mis?rables). Date: 1888, Pont-Aven. Dimensions: 44.5 cm x 50.3 cm, 74.0 cm x 63.1 cm. PAUL GAUGUIN. Paul Eug?ne Henri Gauguin.
EditorialThe Bathers. Dated: 1897. Dimensions: overall: 60.4 x 93.4 cm (23 3/4 x 36 3/4 in.) framed: 82 x 114.3 x 7.9 cm (32 5/16 x 45 x 3 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialTe Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters). Dated: 1898. Dimensions: overall: 74 x 95.3 cm (29 1/8 x 37 1/2 in.) framed: 90.8 x 111.4 cm (35 3/4 x 43 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialBreton Women beside a Fence (Bretonnes ? la barri?re). Dated: 1889. Dimensions: image: 16.2 x 21.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 32.6 x 47.3 cm (12 13/16 x 18 5/8 in.). Medium: lithograph (zinc) in black on imitation japan paper.
EditorialThe Invocation. Dated: 1903. Dimensions: overall: 65.5 x 75.6 cm (25 13/16 x 29 3/4 in.) framed: 96.5 x 105.4 cm (38 x 41 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialSelf-Portrait Dedicated to Carri?re. Dated: 1888 or 1889. Dimensions: overall: 46.5 x 38.6 cm (18 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.) framed: 66 x 58.7 x 8.2 cm (26 x 23 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialLocusts and Ants: A Memory of Martinique (Les cigales et les fourmis). Dated: 1889. Dimensions: image: 20.1 x 26.2 cm (7 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.3 x 47.2 cm (12 11/16 x 18 9/16 in.). Medium: lithograph (zinc) in black on imitation japan paper.
EditorialParau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil). Dated: 1892. Dimensions: overall: 91.7 x 68.5 cm (36 1/8 x 26 15/16 in.) framed: 116.8 x 94 x 10.1 cm (46 x 37 x 4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.