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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 2, 2025 | Sotheby's | Paris | Art Moderne et Contemporain Day Auction | 276 | $****** - ****** | A Colorful Passion; Autoportrait au béret (recto) ; Falaises dans la mer (verso) |
Works on Paper
26.1 x 22.5 cm (10.28 x 8.86 in)
charcoal on paper (recto; verso)
inscribed herbe vert jaune (verso)
Estate of the Artist (his sale: Place du marché, Papeete, September 2, 1903)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris ( circa 1942)
Private collection, Switzerland (until 1960)
Private collection, Montfort-l"Amaury (by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Paris, Galerie Marcel Guiot, Exposition Gauguin, Aquarelles, monotypes, dessins , 1942, no. 2, illustrated in the catalogue p. 7 ( recto; titled Portrait de Gauguin au Béret )
Ronald Pickvance, The drawings of Gauguin, London, 1970, pl. 114, illustrated np. ( recto; titled Self-Portrait )
Maurice Malingue (ed.), Lettres de Gauguin à sa femme et à ses amis , Paris, 1946, no. 1, illustrated on the frontispiece ( recto; titled Portrait de Paul Gauguin au béret )
Collection François Meyer : A Colorful Passion
Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
Autoportrait au béret (recto) ; Falaises dans la mer (verso)
inscribed herbe vert jaune (verso)
charcoal on paper (recto; verso)
26,1 x 22,5 cm; 10¼ x 8⅞ in.
Executed circa 1888.
This work will be included in the forthcoming Paul Gauguin Digital Catalogue Raisonné, being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
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Collection François Meyer : Une Passion Colorée
Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
Autoportrait au béret (recto); Falaises dans la mer (verso)
inscrit herbe vert jaune (verso)
fusain sur papier (recto; verso)
26,1 x 22,5 cm; 10 ¼ x 8 ⅞ in.
Exécuté vers 1888.
Cette oeuvre sera incluse dans le Catalogue Raisonné digital de Paul Gauguin, actuellement en préparation sous l"égide du Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
