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Les drames de la mer, Bretagne (Dramas of the Seas, Brittany) from the Volpini Suite

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Paul Gauguin

French, 1848-1903

Les drames de la mer, Bretagne (Dramas of the Seas, Brittany) from the Volpini Suite, 1889

hand-colored zincograph on canary yellow wove paper

Edition: 1st edition

sheet: 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (16.8275 x 16.8275 x 21.2725 cm); framed: 17 7/16 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (44.29 x 49.53 x 3.81 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Gift of ACG Trust, 1970

P1970:1.24

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signature, dated / front, lower left / 89 [in reverse] Paul Gauguin
inscription / front, center, immediately below image area / Les drames de la mer Bretagne

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Zincograph

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