Avant et après - Dedication
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(author)
1848-1903
1848-1903
Title
Avant et après - Dedication
Date of Production
1903
Medium
pen and black ink on wove paper, laid down on flyleaf verso
Dimensions
Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Object Number
MS.2020.XX.1.front flyleaf verso
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 centre, black ink, dedication by the artist: “À monsieur Fontainas tout ceci, tout celà: / mû par un sentiment inconscient né dans l’isolement / et la sauvagerie. / Raconté d’un Bébé méchant mais réfléchi quelquefois; / amoureux du beau pourtant. / Un beau personnel, le seul humain. / Paul Gauguin”.
Provenance
See MS.2020.XX.1.
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