Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005852Sketches of Standing Figures and Animals
by Paul Gauguin
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), Paris [Chicago 1959]; W. Walter, Paris [Chicago 1959]. Mr. and Mrs. Justin K. Thannhauser (1892–1976), New York [Chicago, 1959]. Sold by Stefan Lennert, Munich, to Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago, as agent for Edward McCormick Blair (1915-2010), Chicago, July 21, 1986 [acc. to Adam]; Given by Edward McCormick Blair to the Art Institute, 2002.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Intimate Encounters: Paul Gauguin and the South Pacific, The Edward McCormick Blair Collection," September 6, 2003-January 11, 2004, cat. 4.
Publications
Bernard Dorival, Carnet de Tahiti (Paris, 1954), v. 2, p. 61.
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
- 1891/93
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolor on cream wove paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
- Dimensions
- 10.8 × 16.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Edward McCormick Blair
- Accession no.
- 2002.229V
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