Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) - Lot 177

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Manao Tupapau (She thinks of the revenant); Maori woman in a landscape of tree branches. 1894-1895. Woodcut. 260 x 222 [285 x 280]. Mongan, Kornfeld, Joachim 30 2 b. A very fine proof on japon pelure, from the print made by Georges-Daniel de Monfreid in Paris in 1928, annotated by him in pen along the upper right-hand edge of the sheet: "Drawn on April 5, 1928". All margins. Provenance: Georges-Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929), friend of the artist. The catalog raisonné lists 7 similar prints, from the print made by Monfreid on the wood then belonging to Paco Durrio, 2 of which came from the Agnès Huc de Monfreid collection, in Corneilla-de-Conflent (Pyrénées-Orientales).