Paul Gauguin

Exhibited by Larkin Erdmann

Material Oil on canvas

Dimensions 60 x 73 cm

Status Vetted

About the Work

Paul Gauguin’s 'Bouquets et céramique sur une commode' (1886) is an early still life that brings together two central aspects of the artist’s work of the mid-1880s: floral compositions and his growing interest in ceramics. Painted in oil on canvas and signed and dated on the front, the work shows bouquets arranged alongside one of Gauguin’s own ceramic pieces, set on a simple chest of drawers.

The painting has a documented provenance that includes major European and American collections, among them those of Dr. Max Emden in Hamburg, Florence Gould in New York and the Wildenstein Collection. It has been exhibited internationally since 1949, including at the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne, Galerie Charpentier in Paris, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas and the Albertina Museum in Vienna.

The work has been published extensively in the Gauguin literature from 1948 onward and is listed in Daniel Wildenstein’s Gauguin. Premier itinéraire d'un sauvage. Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint (1873–1888), vol. II, no. 239.

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Provenance

Pearson, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Neuman, Berlin
Dr. Max Emden, Hamburg (Sale: Bali & Graupe, Berlin, 9th June 1931, lot 39) - Fritz Nathan, Saint-Gallen, Switzerland
Paul Joerin, Basel
Galerie Dr. Raeber, Basel (Inv. 38521)
Mrs Florence Gould, New York (1964)
Wildenstein Collection, New York (1980s)
Private Collection

Literature

- Rether, Anina, M Moments – Magazine of The Living Circle, Issue No 6 2023: «Kunst auf Tellern und an den Wänden», The Living Circle, Zurich, 2023, p. 36, illustrated in colour
- Iris Schaefer, Caroline von Saint-Georte et al., Impressionismus. Wie das Licht auf die Leinwand kam, SKIRA, Albertina, Milano, 2009, p. 258, no. 263, illustrated in colour
- Brettell, Richard R.; Fonsmark, Anne-Birgitte, Gauguin and Impressionism, Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, 2005, p. 321 and 297 (detail), illustrated in colour
- Luckhardt, Ulrich; Schneede, Uwe M. (ed.), Private Schätze. Über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933, Hamburg, 2001, p. 222
- Wildenstein, Daniel, Gauguin, Premier itinéraire d'un sauvage. Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint (1873-1888), vol. II, Paris, 2001 , p. 309, no. 239, illustrated in colour
- Merlhès, Victor (ed.), Correspondance de Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1984, p. 444 mentioned
- Gray, Christopher, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, New York , 1980, p. 123 mentioned
- Cincos Siglos de Art Frances, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977, no. 59
- Wildenstein, Daniel; Cogniat, Raymond, Paul Gauguin, Milan, 1972, p. 26-27, illustrated in colour
- Bodelsen, Merete, Gauguin's Ceramics, London, 1964, p. 106 , no. 74 (titled "Still-life")
- Cent oeuvres de Gauguin, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1960, no. 24bis (titled "Nature Morte au dahlia)
- Gauguin: Exposition du centenaire, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 1950, no. 30 (titled "Nature Morte aux asters)
- Van Dovski, Lee, Paul Gauguin oder die Flucht vor der Zivilisation, Bern, 1950, p. 341, no. 84 (titled "Fleurs sur une commode") - Gauguin, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, 1949, no. 9
- Malingue, Maurice, Gauguin, Le peintre et son oeuvre, London, 1948, p. 106 (titled "Fleurs sur une commode")