Description:
Antique Paul Gauguin Print Contes Barbares Tahiti 1902 Photographische Gesellshaft
Framed art print mounted on board
Photomechanical print; "Photographische Gesellshaft" engraved in lower left corner of print
Artist--Paul Gauguin
Title--Contes Barbares (translates to Barbarian Tales)
Year--1902
Uncertain of the age of print but engraved print info in lower left dates to early 1900s
Framed print measures 20.75" high x 14.5" wide x .75" deep
Hanging wire on back
From website artsy.net:
A pioneer of the Symbolist art movement in France, Paul Gauguin is renowned for his “savage” art depicting sumptuous Tahitian women, nude bathers and haystacks in the Breton landscape, and decorative door panels around his hut on the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Although Gauguin began his artistic career with the Impressionists in Paris, during the 1880s he sought to escape from Western civilization—first moving to Brittany and Arles in France, where he met Van Gogh, and then to French Polynesia—in search of a paradise were he could create pure, “primitive” art. “There is no such thing as exaggeration in art,” wrote Gauguin in 1885. “And I even believe that there is salvation only in extremes.”
French, 1848-1903, Paris, France, based in Atuona, French Polynesia
Please see pictures for best indication of condition, and ask any questions before bidding or buying.
Buyer pays $22.00 flat shipping from Saginaw, Michigan 48604, lower 48 states ONLY.
SNP-84
2018-02-26-03
Condition:
Good antique condition with some condition issues: numerous light scratches and scuffs, and many small pokes or gouges in surface of print, mostly seen when print is laid flat and viewed parallel to surface, probably from improper storage; discoloration, darkening, fading from age. Cardboard backing is loose from frame, needs re-nailing and new nails. Frame is of mediocre quality. Still displays quite nicely.
