
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005118Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso)
by Paul Gauguin
Provenance
From the artist to Francisco “Paco” Durrio (1868–1940), Paris, between 1893 and 1895 [Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2013]; left by Francisco “Paco” Durrio at Kunsthalle Basel for exhibition in 1928 [Basel, 1928]; Walther Geiser (1897–1993), Basel, by Jan. 1931 [Geiser personal papers]; consigned by Walther Geiser to Lucas Lichtenhan (1897–1969), Basel, on Jan. 18, 1931 [Gesier personal papers]; returned by Lucas Lichtenhan to Walther Geiser in 1936 [Geiser personal papers]; sold at Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.
Exhibition history
Kunsthalle Basel, "Paul Gauguin, 1848–1903," July–Sept. 9, 1928, p. 25, cat. 147 (1st ed.) and p. 30, cat. 132 (2nd ed.). Berlin, Galerien Thannhauser, "Paul Gauguin, 1848–1903," Oct. 1928, p. 12, cat. 103. Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, "Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific," August 4-October 15, 1995, pp. 34 and 49, cat. 3 (ill.), cat. by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, "Gauguin and Laval in Martinique", October 2, 2018 - Janauary 13, 2019, pp. 78-79 (ill), cat. 46, cat. by by Maite van Dijk and Joose van der Hoeven, et. al.
Publications
Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Gauguin, 1848–1903, exh. cat. (Kunsthalle Basel, 1928), p. 25, cat. 147. Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Gauguin, 1848–1903, exh. cat., 2nd ed. (Kunsthalle Basel, 1928), p. 30, cat. 132. Galerien Thannhauser, Paul Gauguin, 1848–1903, introduction by W. Barth, exh. cat. (Galerien Thannhauser, [1928]), p. 12, cat. 103. Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, Paul Gauguin: Pages from the Pacific, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago/Auckland City Art Gallery, 1995), pp. 34, 49, cat. 3 (ill.). Martha Tedeschi, “Recto, Portrait of Charles Laval and Other Sketches, 1887; Verso, Figure Studies from Martinique, 1887,” in “Maineri to Miró: The Regenstein Collection since 1975,” special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 1 (2000), pp. 84–85 (ill.). Javier González de Durana, Miriam Alzuri, and María Amezaga, Francisco Durrio (1868–1940): Sobre las huellas de Gauguin, exh. cat. (Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2013), p. 214, no. 2 (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
- 1887
- Dimensions
- 26.9 × 20.4 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- crayon
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
- Accession no.
- 1991.223
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