Avant et après - Nativity fragment

Maker

(author)
1848-1903

Title

Avant et après - Nativity fragment

Date of Production

1903

Medium

traced monotype printed in black ink on blue-ruled notebook paper, laid down on album page; white bodycolour added to cover prominent brown stains caused by adhesive on the verso at all four corners and centre of edges; unable to lift and see whether there is any drawing on the verso; oriented horizontally so lower edge is toward the gutter

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 12.7 cm

Accession Number

MS.2020.XX.1.203

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


Provenance

See MS.2020.XX.1.

Literature

Paul Gauguin: monotypes, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 23 March - 13 May 1973, 1973
no. 122 and p. 133 under no. 123
Fig. p. p. 133

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre, initials and caption printed in black ink: “P.G. Rengaines classiques”. Album page: upper right corner, black ink, underlined, page number: “203”.

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