Sketches of Figures, Pandanus Leaf, and Vanilla Plant

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Prints and Drawings

1891/93

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Paul Gauguin
Title: Sketches of Figures, Pandanus Leaf, and Vanilla Plant
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1891–1893
Medium: black fabricated chalk and watercolor on cream wove paper (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions: 31.3 × 20.1 cm (12 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morton G. Neumann
Reference Number: 1966.545V
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Harold Joachim and Sandra Haller Olsen, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century 2 (Chicago, 1979), p. 57, no. 3F3.
Britt Salvesen, with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Gauguin (Chicago, 2001), pp. 81 and 108, no. 9 (ill.).

Geneva, Gérald Cramer, “Catalogue de Très Beaux Livres Illustrés Estampes et Sculptures Modernes,” p. 27, cat. 75 (ill.).
New York, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, “The Many-sided Artist,” March 1961, cat. 34, plate XXIV.
Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, “Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific,” August 4-October 15, 1995, pp. 35 and 49, cat. 6 (ill. and back cover ill.), cat. by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers.

Georges Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929, Paris). Given by Mr. and Mrs. Morton G. Neumann to the Art Institute, 1966.

Cat. 31 Sketches of Tahitian Residence with Color Notations and Dogs (recto), Sketches of Figures, Pandanus Leaf, and Vanilla Plant (verso), 1891/93

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