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Manao Tu Papau (Spirit of the Dead Watching) 1893-94
Paul Gauguin
* 1848 in Paris † 1903 in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Wood engraving. Size of sheet: 28 x 44.2 cm.
Literature: Mongan; Kornfeld; Joachim 20 IV E (lists out impression).
Provenance: Henri-Marie Petiet (1994 - Paris - 1951) (without stamp, not released for auction).
Very fine impression with initials "ED" (Eugene Duret)) in ink in the lower right corner of the work.
One of fourteen recorded printed by Tony or Jacques Beltrand for Eugene Duret in 1918. From the set of "Frangrance (Noa Noa)", the original woodblock formerly owned by Petiet.
£ 8,500. -