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The Fine Sale: Day One

Sat, Nov 3, 2018 11:00AM EDT
Lot 680

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903): Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Etching in black on wove paper, 1891.

14 x 10 in. (sheet), 20 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (frame).

Note: There are only approximately twelve known impressions of this print made during the artist's lifetime. Most impressions were printed in 1913 and in 1919 for the album Gauguin. As per the cataloguing in the Christie’s 2009 sale, this impression was printed circa 1960. 

Literature: Guérin 14; Mongan-Kornfeld-Joachim-Stauffer 12.

Condition

With full margins. A pale stain at lower center. Pale light- and mat staining. Scattered foxing in the margins. Otherwise in good condition.