Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1900

Medium

Watercolor, with black colored pencil, and touches of pen and black ink, over a transfer drawing in black, and wood-block print in black ink with blue watercolor on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower left, in black crayon: "P. Gauguin"; inscribed center right, in black crayon: "Marlbrough s'en va t en guerre"; in blue ink: "Mironton Mirontaine"; lower right, in black crayon: "Joli joujou"

Dimensions

Sheet: 29.8 × 20.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Headpiece: 9.8 × 16.4 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Reference Number

1949.605

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