George-Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929) Portrait of Paul Gauguin. 1922. Woodcut. 122x173mm. Very fine proof on japon pelure, dedicated in pen and sepia ink "Hommage respectueusement amical / à Madame Pierre Bardou-Job" and signed. Slight traces of scattered folds. Full margins. Final edition of 100 proofs. Provenance: Pierre-Michel Bardou-Job: Pierre-Michel Bardou-Job(1887-1937), ceramist at the San Marti workshops in Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales). Paul Gauguin and George-Daniel de Monfreid enjoyed a deep and lasting friendship, marked by mutual admiration and unfailing support. Monfreid, an artist and engraver, met Gauguin in 1889, quickly became one of his closest friends and, on the artist's death in 1903, his executor. He played a crucial role in safeguarding and promoting Gauguin's work. Their correspondence bears witness to an intellectual and artistic complicity, with Gauguin finding in Monfreid a confidant and defender of his avant-garde ideas.