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    Jean René Gauguin
    Paul Gauguin. Jean René Gauguin, 1881. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00003291

    Jean René Gauguin

    by Paul Gauguin

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    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.).

    Open-access museum data

    This record comes from the open-access collection data that the Art Institute of Chicago publishes for unrestricted use (Creative Commons Zero). Art Trackers shows a selection of the museum's published fields. The Art Institute of Chicago is not an Art Trackers client and has not reviewed or endorsed this page; the museum's own website is the authoritative record.

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    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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