Avant et après - drawing "À quoi-penses-tu? Je ne sais pas"

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Maker

(author)
1848-1903

Title

Avant et après - drawing "À quoi-penses-tu? Je ne sais pas"

Date of Production

1903

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 29 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Object Number

MS.2020.XX.1.103

Mode of Acquisition

HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 2020

Credit

Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2020

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Inscription: upper right corner, black ink, underlined, page number: "103"; lower right, black ink, signed with artist's initials: "P.G."; lower centre, black ink, caption: "À quoi-penses-tu? Je ne sais pas".

Provenance

See MS.2020.XX.1.

Literature

Knox, Sanka, 'Owner of Gauguin drawings in doubt: Court fight is on for Gauguin MS' in 'The New York Times', 24 Jul. 1956
Fig. p. p. 27

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