
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003291Jean René Gauguin
by Paul Gauguin
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, lower right, in black chalk: [several stray marks]; verso, lower right, in graphite: "704"
Provenance
Jean René Gauguin, son of the aritst, (1881-1961), Copenhagen [Copenhagen 1948]; to his first wife, Clara Gauguin (née Feddersen) (1889-1966), by May 1948-at least 1960 [Copenhagen 1948; Munich and Paris 1960]. David Grob Gallery, London, by October 1985 [Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1985]. Sold, Christie's, New York, November 15, 1989, lot 10, to the Art Institute.
Exhibition history
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Paul Gauguin, May–June 1948, cat. 67, as Barneportraet. Copenhagen, Winkel and Magnussen, Gauguin og hans venner, Jun.–July 1956, cat. 75 (ill.), as Barneportraet. Haus der Kunst, Paul Gauguin, with essays by Germain Bazin and Harold Joachim, exh. cat. (Ausstellungsleitung München e.V. Haus der Kunst, 1960), p. 15, cat. 77. Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent oeuvres de Gauguin, 1960, cat. 7, as Portrait de Jean Gauguin, enfant. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée Départemantal du Prieuré, Le chemin de Gauguin: Genèse et rayonnement, Oct. 1985–Mar. 1986, cat. 20 (ill.), as Portrait d’enfant: Jean-René Gauguin. New York, Frick Collection, From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 23–July 7, 1991, cat. 52 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 10, 1991–Jan. 5, 1992. Auckland (New Zealand) City Art Gallery, Paul Gauguin: Pages from the Pacific, Aug. 4–Oct. 15, 1995, cat. 1 (ill.).
Publications
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Paul Gauguin, 1848–1903: Retrospektiv udstilling i anledning af hundredaaret for Hans Fødsel, exh. cat. (n.p., 1948), p. 24, cat. 67. Haavard Rostrup, Gauguin og hans venner: En udstilling af malerne som dannede l’école de Pont-Aven, exh. cat. (Winkel & Magnussen, 1956), p. 36, cat. 75 (ill.). John Rewald, “Gauguin et le Danemark,” Gazette des beaux-arts (Jan.–Apr. 1956), p. 68, fig. 4. Georges Wildenstein et al., Gauguin: Sa vie, son oeuvre (Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1958), p. 68, fig. 4. Haus der Kunst, Paul Gauguin, exh. cat. (Ausstellungsleitung München e.V. Haus der Kunst, 1960), p. 15, cat. 77. Raymond Nacenta, Cent oeuvres de Gauguin, exh. cat. (Galerie Charpentier, 1960), cat. 7. Britt Salvesen, Gauguin, in association with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Artists in Focus (Art Institute of Chicago/Abrams, 2001), pp. 10, 72, 107, no. 1 (ill.). Marie-Amélie Anquetil et al., Le chemin de Gauguin: Genèse et rayonnement, exh. cat. (Musée Départemental du Prieuré, 1985), pp. 24, 205, cat. 20 (ill.). Frick Collection, From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Frick Collection, 1991), n.pag., cat. 52 (ill.). Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, Paul Gauguin: Pages from the Pacific, exh. cat. (Auckland City Art Gallery/Art Institute of Chicago, 1995), pp. 33, 49, cat. 1 (ill.). Britt Salvesen, Gauguin, in association with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Artists in Focus (Art Institute of Chicago/Abrams, 2001), pp. 10, 72, 107, no. 1 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin / French, 1848-1903
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- Black fabricated chalk, red chalk, brush and brown wash, with pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper, with later additions in graphite
- Dimensions
- 11.9 × 12.2 cm (4 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- wash
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- H. Karl and Nancy von Maltitz Endowment
- Accession no.
- 1990.63
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