Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005476Study of Tahitian Heads
by Paul Gauguin
Inscriptions
Signed lower left, in ink: "Au Docteur/ P Gauguin/ TAHITI,"
Provenance
M. and Mme. Maurice Malingue, Paris. Transferred from M. Knoedler & Cie., Paris to Knoedler and Company, New York on May 22, 1964 [acc. to Knoedler stockbook]; Sold by Knoedler and Company, New York to Shirley Latter Schlesigner (Kaufmann) (1916-2003), New Orleans, in June 1964 [acc. to Knoedler stockbook]. Sold by Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1993, lot 110A, to the Art Institute of Chicago.
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
- c. 1898
- Medium
- Watercolor and pastel monotype from a paper matrix, with pastel, on cream Japanese paper, laid down on cream 4-ply mat board
- Dimensions
- 237 × 297 mm (primary support), 292 × 355 mm (secondary support)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- monotype
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair and through prior acquistion of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Accession no.
- 1993.171
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